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Table 4 Alpha-cypermethrin content during follow-up; IQR = Inter-Quartile Range (single sample per net)

From: Evidence for a useful life of more than three years for a polyester-based long-lasting insecticidal mosquito net in Western Uganda

Net type

Time of follow-up

 

6 months

12 months

24 months

36 months

42 months

LLIN

     

   Number tested

38

37

37

36

21

   Median mg/m2

193.0

143.0

135.7

73.8

56.2

   IQR

166, 210

95, 177

81, 184

51, 105

17, 116

   % > 15 mg/m2

100%

100%

97%

94%

81%

   % > 3 mg/m2

100%

100%

97%

94%

95%

Conventional ITN

     

   Number tested

40

40

8

  

   Median mg/m2

13.9

7.5

1.6

Not done

Not done

   IQR

2.3, 19.7

0.7, 13, 3

0.8, 7.4

  

   % > 15 mg/m2

40%

18%

0%

  

   % > 3 mg/m2

70%

53%

37%