Experimental hut evaluation of linalool spatial repellent agar gel against Anopheles gambiae sensu stricto mosquitoes in a semi-field system in Bagamoyo, Tanzania

Table 2 Mosquitoes behavior following exposure to linalool agar gels using a 3x3 Latin square design

Hut treatments	Total released	Total recovered	Total fed	Odds ratio	CI 95%	P-value	% Feeding success
Negative control	450	372	358	1	-	-	96%
Two 0.03% Transfluthrine coil	450	238	10	0.001	(0.0004-0.002)	<0.001	4%
Four linalool emanators	450	347	331	0.7	(0.34-1.33)	0.252	95%
			Total dead				% Mortality
Negative control	450	372	9	1	-	-	2%
Two 0.03% Transfluthrine coil	450	238	238	221	(88.84 – 553.2)	0.023	100%
Four linalool emanators	450	347	7	0.9	(0.195 – 4.340)	0.252	2%
	Total alive	Total dead post 24 h					% Mortality 24 hrs
Negative control	363	26	-	1	-	-	7%
Two 0.03% Transfluthrin coil	45	11	-	1.79	(0.34 – 9.55)	0.49	24%
Four linalool emanators	340	31	-	1.76	(0.36-0.483)	0.483	9%

Odds ratio, 95% confidence intervals and p-values were obtained from statistical analysis using generalized linear models. Data from the linalool treated huts were aggregated; all treatments were compared to the negative control.

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