Table 1 Bioefficacy of insecticidal fabric samples containing different doses of permethrin against Aedes aegypti and Anopheles stephensi mosquitoes in continuous exposure bioassay (improved test method) and three minutes exposure bioassay (WHO test method for LLIN)

A

3000

10.5^a (10.0–11.0)

86^c (75.8–96.2)

72^c (53.3–90.7)

14.5^a (13.6–15.4)

76^d (64.6–87.4)

48^c (39.3–56.7)

B

2280

11.4^a (10.2–12.6)

74^bc (59.6–88.4)

64^bc (47.7–80.3)

14.8^a (14.3–15.3)

68^cd (54.7–81.3)

42^bc (29.7–54.3)

C

1590

11.8^a (10.5–13.1)

70^bc (59.5–80.5)

52^abc (37.4–66.6)

15.3^a (13.9–16.7)

60^cd (49.9–70.1)

36^abc (24.6–47.4)

D

1040

12.5^ab (11.7–13.3)

62^bc (44.0–80.0)

46^abc (26.6–65.4)

17.7^ab (16.3–19.1)

44^bc (27.7–60.3)

30^abc (14.3–45.7)

E

590

14.8^bc (14.1–15.5)

58^bc (41.0–75.0)

40^abc (25.7–54.3)

22^bc (19.8–24.2)

26^ab (12.9–39.1)

26^abc (9.42–42.6)

F

380

15.8^c (15.3–16.3)

48^ab (33.4–62.6)

32^ab (20.0–44.0)

24.5^cd (22.2–26.8)

20^ab (8.3–31.7)

20^ab (9.88–30.1)

G

170

22.8^d (20.3–25.3)

44^ab (29.9–58.1)

22^a (5.0–39.0)

29.7^d (25.8–33.6)

12^a (0–24.0)

16^ab (6.22–25.8)

H

60

34.5^e (33.6–35.4)

26^a (15.8–36.2)

20^a (4.5–35.5)

36.8^e (31.9–41.7)

10^a (1.2–18.8)

12^a (1.55–22.5)

ANOVA

F_{(7, 72)} = 168.8, P < 0.001

F_{(7, 72)} = 7.15, P < 0.001

F_{(7, 72)}= 5.21, P < 0.001

F_{(7, 72)} = 36.7, P < 0.001

F_{(7, 72)} = 17.4, P < 0.001

F_{(7, 72)} = 4.17, P = 0.001