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Table 2 Mean number of mosquito landings per arm recorded during C8910 formulation 2 repellence assays

From: Evaluation of the toxicity and repellence of an organic fatty acids mixture (C8910) against insecticide susceptible and resistant strains of the major malaria vector Anopheles funestus Giles (Diptera: Culicidae)

 

Mean ± SE

p

Control

Treatment

FANG

   

Investigator 1

2.4 ± 0.8

6.6 ± 0.9

0.02a

Investigator 2

8.6 ± 1.0

6.0 ± 0.6

0.03a

Investigator 3

8.6 ± 0.9

7.2 ± 1.2

0.42

All Investigators

6.5 ± 0.92

6.7 ± 0.62

0.85

FUMOZ-R

   

Investigator 1

3.4 ± 1.0

4.0 ± 1.0

0.75

Investigator 2

6.4 ± 1.3

1.2 ± 0.5

0.03a

Investigator 3

2.4 ± 0.5

3.0 ± 0.5

0.21

All Investigators

4.1 ± 0.7

2.7 ± 0.5

0.22

  1. Standard choice-chamber bioassays were performed on three investigators using the laboratory-reared Anopheles funestus FANG (insecticide-susceptible) and FUMOZ-R (pyrethroid-resistant) strains. Each arm of an investigator acted as a control and treatment respectively. Results (p) of paired t-tests comparing control vs treatment arms are given
  2. aindicates significant difference at 95 % confidence