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Table 1 Results of insecticide susceptibility tests on F1 progeny from families of wild-caught Anopheles parensis 24 hrs post-exposure to three classes of insecticides.

From: Indoor collections of the Anopheles funestus group (Diptera: Culicidae) in sprayed houses in northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Insecticide

No. families

TotalNo.

Alive

Dead

% Mortality

0.1% Bendiocarb

10

205

4

201

98.05

4% DDT

4

81

0

81

100

0.75% Permethrin

6

118

2

116

98.31

0.05% Deltamethrin

11

204

30

174

85.29

Control

 

100

0

100

100

  1. Control = 25 susceptible laboratory Anopheles quadriannulatus colony mosquitoes exposed to each insecticide.
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Malaria Journal

ISSN: 1475-2875

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