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Table 3 Insecticide susceptibility of the different anopheline species

From: Anopheline bionomics, insecticide resistance and transnational dispersion in the context of controlling a possible recurrence of malaria transmission in Jaffna city in northern Sri Lanka

Insecticide

An. stephensi

An. subpictus

An. varuna

An. culicifacies

% mortality

95% CI

% mortality

95% CI

% mortality

95% CI

% mortality

95% CI

DDT 4%

R14 ± 5 (100)

12–15

R2 ± 3 (100)

1–3

R39 ± 1 (100)

38–39

R22 ± 5 (100)

21–23

Malathion 5%

R34 ± 9 (110)

3–36

V90 ± 1 (100)

89–91

S100 (100)

100

S98 ± 2 (100)

97–99

Deltamethrin 0.05%

R56 ± 1 (100)

55–57

R10 ± 5 (110)

9–11

V97 ± 3 (102)

96–98

V96 ± 5 (106)

95–97

  1. Notes: Data represent mean percent mortality ± SD (n). Detailed data are shown in Additional file 2: Table S2
  2. Abbreviations: n, total number of mosquitoes tested; S, susceptible (≥ 98% mortality); R, confirmed resistance (< 90% mortality); V, possible resistance and verification needed (90–97% mortality); SD, standard deviation; CI, confidence interval