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Table 3 Mean number of mosquito landings per arm recorded during C8910 formulation 3 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

ZamF

   

Investigator 1

3.6 ± 0.3

4.2 ± 0.4

0.21

Investigator 2

5.2 ± 0.7

6.6 ± 1.3

0.43

All investigators

4.4 ± 0.4

5.4 ± 0.8

0.24

  1. Standard choice-chamber bioassays were performed on two investigators using the wild-caught Anopheles funestus ZamF samples. 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