Table 3 Anopheles stephensi survival after exposure to cement tiles
From: Storage and persistence of a candidate fungal biopesticide for use against adult malaria vectors
Time after exposure | Treatment | Median Lethal Time days (95% C.I.)* | Log rank statistic (Significance compared to control) | Time to 80% mortality days (± 1 SEM)* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Day 1 | Control | 11.0 (9.89-12.11) | --------- | Not achieved |
Pyrethroid | 6.0 (4.77-7.23) | 58.5 (P < 0.001) | 10 (± 0.82) | |
B. bassiana | 7.0 (6.45-7.55) | 89.1 (P < 0.001) | 11.0 (± 0.71) | |
Week 1 | Control | 12.0 (10.55-13.45) | Â | Not achieved |
Pyrethroid | Not achieved | 4.1 (P = 0.042) | Not achieved | |
B. bassiana | 7.0 (5.99-8.02) | 42.2 (P < 0.001) | Not achieved | |
Month 1 | Control | 9.0 (8.25-9.75) | --------- | 12.8 (± 0.63) |
Pyrethroid | 9.0 (8.27-9.73) | 0.96 (P = 0.33) | 12.0 (± 0.71) | |
B. bassiana | 9.0 (8.07-9.93) | 2.48 (P = 0.12) | 12.0 (± 0.41) | |
Month 2 | Control | 13.0 (12.36-13.64) | --------- | Not achieved |
Pyrethroid | 13.0 (12.22-13.78) | 0.01 (P = 0.92) | Not achieved | |
B. bassiana | 8.0 (7.33-8.67) | 52.63 (P < 0.001) | 12.0 (± 0.58) | |
Month 3 | Control | 13.0 (11.52-14.84) | --------- | Not achieved |
Pyrethroid | 11.0 (8.72-13.28) | 1.8 (P = 0.18) | Not achieved | |
B. bassiana | 7.0 (6.55-7.45) | 63.3 (P < 0.001) | 11.0 (± 1.29) | |
Month 4 | Control | Not achieved | Â | Not achieved |
Pyrethroid | --------- | --------- | --------- | |
B. bassiana | Not achieved | 16.5 (P < 0.001) | Not achieved | |
Month 5 | Control | Not achieved | --------- | Not achieved |
Pyrethroid | --------- | --------- | Not achieved | |
B. bassiana | Not achieved | 4.4 (P = 0.037) | Not achieved |