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Table 2 Knock-down and 24-h mortality responses of laboratory strains of Anopheles gambiae sensu stricto (s.s.) (Ifakara strain) and Aedes aegypti (Bagamoyo strain) exposed to various concentrations of transfluthrin-treated paper

From: Human landing catches provide a useful measure of protective efficacy for the evaluation of volatile pyrethroid spatial repellents

Mosquito species

Transfluthrin concentration (%)

No. of mosquitoes exposed

Knock-down (%)

24-h mortality (%)

An. gambiae

0.00125

100

0

2

 

0.0025

100

3

2

 

0.005

100

7

3

 

0.01

100

81

63

 

0.02

100

77

49

 

0.04

100

100

69

 

0.08

100

100

87

 

0.1

100

100

100

Ae. aegypti

0.003125

100

0

0

 

0.00625

100

9

5

 

0.0125

100

38

40

 

0.025

100

96

96

 

0.05

100

100

100