Parasites & Vectors

Table 3 Percentage mortality (95% CI) of Culex species to organophosphate and carbamate insecticides and different environmental factors associated with it

From: Preliminary assessment of the potential role of urbanization in the distribution of carbamate and organophosphate resistant populations of Culex species in Ghana

Environmental factors		Mean mortality (%)
		Carbamate		Organophosphate
		Bendiocarb ^*	Propoxur ^*	Fenitrothion ^*	Malathion ^*
Land use	Residential	87^a	93^a	99^a	99^a
Land use	Residential	(78–95)	(86–99)	(98–100)	(98–100)
	Urban farm	98^a	99^a	99^a	100^b
	Urban farm	(95–101)	(99–101)	(99–100)	(100–100)
	Swampy	98^a	97^a	99^a	100^b
	Swampy	(94–101)	(94–100)	(99–100)	(100–100)
Season	Rainy	89^a	96^a	99^a	99^a
Season	Rainy	(80–97)	(93–99)	(98–100)	(98–100)
	Dry	95.7^a	96^a	99^a	100^a
	Dry	(92–99)	(90–101)	(99–100)	(99–100)
Ecology	Coastal savannah	94^a,b	97^a,b	99^a	100^a
Ecology	Coastal savannah	(89–100)	(95–100)	(99–100)	(99–100)
	Forest	88^b	93^b	99^a	99^a
	Forest	(80–97)	(86–99)	(98–100)	(98–100)
	Guinea savannah	100^a	100^a	100^a	100^a
	Guinea savannah	(100–100)	(100–100)	(100–100)	(100–100)

*In each insecticide, values in columns (environmental factors) sharing same letter are not significantly different.

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