Potential benefits of combining transfluthrin-treated sisal products and long-lasting insecticidal nets for controlling indoor-biting malaria vectors

Table 3 Mosquito mortality after 24 h post-collection between huts with trasnfluthrin-treated sisal baskets in combination with LLINs to those with untreated sisal baskets and LLINs

Treatment	n	Mean proportional (adjusted)	95% CI	OR	95% CI	P-value
Anopheles arabiensis
Untreated bd + LLINs	168	0.17	0.12–0.23	na^a	na	na
2.5 ml TF bd + LLINs	202	0.72	0.61–0.80	12.26	7.70–19.51	< 0.001
5.0 ml TF bd + LLINs	296	0.79	0.69–0.86	18.43	11.36–29.90	< 0.001
Anopheles funestus
Untreated bd + LLINs	122	0.23	0.23–0.23	na	na	na
2.5 ml TF bd + LLINs	77	0.14	0.14–0.14	0.54	0.53–0.54	< 0.001
5.0 ml TF bd + LLINs	74	0.17	0.17–0.18	0.69	0.69–0.69	< 0.001
Culex spp.
Untreated bd + LLINs	87	0.03	0.02–0.05	na	na	na
2.5 ml TF bd + LLINs	70	0.05	0.04–0.08	1.57	0.95–2.57	0.076
5.0 ml TF bd + LLINs	70	0.06	0.04–0.09	1.67	0.98–2.86	0.061

Abbreviations: n total number of dead mosquitoes collected, OR odd ratios, CI confidence interval, bd basket decoration, LLINs long-lasting insecticidal net and TF transfluthrin
^ana = 1 was used as a reference

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