Exposure to disinfectants (soap or hydrogen peroxide) increases tolerance to permethrin in Anopheles gambiae populations from the city of Yaoundé, Cameroon

Table 3 Strength of association between selection of mosquitoes at the larval stage with different sublethal concentrations of soap or hydrogen peroxide (H ₂ O ₂ ) and mosquito tolerance to permethrin 0.75% at the adult stage

	Comparison of mortality rates between groups
	LC10 vs control	LC20 vs control	LC30 vs control	LC20 vs LC10	LC30 vs LC10	LC30 vs LC20
Soap	1.98**	6.09**	8.09**	3.07**	4.08**	1.33 (NS)
H₂O₂	4.81**	6.58**	7.45**	1.37 (NS)	1.54 (NS)	1.13 (NS)

LC10, LC20, LC30 refer to sublethal concentrations of either soap or H2O2 used to select mosquitoes at the larval stage (LC10, LC20, LC30 concentrations leading to 10, 20 or 30% mortality rate); control , untreated group; NS, Non significant *, P < 0.05; **, P < 0.001.

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