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Table 2 Numbers of An. funestus entering, feeding and dying in experimental huts with insecticide treated NWH

From: Insecticide-treated net wall hangings for malaria vector control: an experimental hut study in north-eastern Tanzania

Hut Treatment

Control (untreated DL)

Deltamethrin NWH on 2 walls

P-methyl NWH on ceiling

P-methyl NWH on 2 walls

P-methyl NWH on 4walls

P-methyl NWH on 4 walls and ceiling

Total females caught

136

60

28

31

15

7

Average catch per night

3.8a

1.7b

0.8c

0.9bc

0.4c

0.2c

Deterrence (%)

0

56

79

77

89

95

Total females blood fed

91

37

19

21

11

5

Blood feeding inhibition (%)

0

1

0

0

0

0

Total dead

7

7

12

25

11

5

Corrected mortality (%)

0

6

39

78

76

74

  1. Values along a row sharing the same letter superscript are not significantly different at the 5% level.