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Table 1 Knockdown times of An. arabiensis populations exposed to deltamethrin and permethrin in Nouakchott

From: Pyrethroid resistance in the major malaria vector Anopheles arabiensis in Nouakchott, Mauritania

Insecticide

Year

No. of mosquitoes tested

KDT50 (range) in min

KDT95 (range) in min

Permethrin (0.75%)

2015

181

66 (53–79)

244 (231–258)

2016

203

117 (104–131)

489 (475–502)

Deltamethrin (0.05%)

2015

197

39 (26–52)

119 (106–132)

2016

189

78 (65–91)

257 (244–270)

  1. Abbreviations: KDT 50 50% knockdown time, KDT 95 95% knockdown time