Efficacy of Actellic 300 CS-based indoor residual spraying on key entomological indicators of malaria transmission in Alibori and Donga, two regions of northern Benin

Table 8 Blood-feeding rates in An. gambiae (s.l.) in treated and control areas

Period	Area	No. collected	Unfed	Fed	Gravid	Half-gravid	Blood-feeding rate %	P-value
Before IRS: June–October 2016	IRS areas	1001	26	922	12	41	96.20	< 0.0001
After 1st round of IRS: June–October 2017	IRS areas	273	99	171	1	2	63.37	< 0.0001
After 1st round of IRS: June–September 2017	IRS areas	208	78	129	0	1	62.5	< 0.0001
After 1st round of IRS: June–September 2017	Control areas	244	16	187	31	10	80.74	< 0.0001

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