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Table 6 Average survival rate of Aedes aegypti female mosquitoes (%) assessed daily during a 16-day incubation period after 1 h exposure to control or DPP-treated microfilaremic dogs infected with Dirofilaria immitis

From: Blocking the transmission of heartworm (Dirofilaria immitis) to mosquitoes (Aedes aegypti) by weekly exposure for one month to microfilaremic dogs treated once topically with dinotefuran-permethrin-pyriproxyfen

Infestation

Duration of Incubation (days)

Group

Exposure Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

Control

−7

92.7

76.7

65.7

55.0

50.3

49.2

46.4

42.3

40.4

38.7

37.1

33.4

30.6

27.7

24.0

22.9

7

94.8

83.0

57.6

47.2

43.7

41.5

39.8

38.0

36.2

36.2

33.6

27.9

23.8

20.6

19.3

16.2

14

82.5

48.8

36.1

28.6

26.6

25.8

25.0

24.6

23.7

20.4

19.6

16.8

15.6

14.7

13.9

13.5

21

94.5

77.8

56.9

52.8

48.7

47.8

44.2

42.8

37.9

36.5

36.1

33.4

31.1

28.9

27.0

26.6

28

74.7

43.8

26.5

21.9

21.4

19.5

16.7

14.8

12.5

12.0

10.6

10.2

8.3

7.3

6.9

6.9

DPPa

−7

91.0

79.2

71.6

62.9

56.3

53.8

49.2

46.2

43.2

38.0

36.6

34.1

27.4

25.1

20.6

19.6

7

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

14

0.8

0.8

0.8

0.8

0.8

0.8

0.8

0.8

0.8

0.8

0.8

0.8

0.8

0.4

0.4

0.4

21

4.0

1.8

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.4

0.7

0.7

0.7

0.4

0.4

28

1.1

0.4

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

  1. aDPP: dinotefuran + permethrin + pyriproxyfen (Vectra® 3D)