Efficacy of an insecticide paint against malaria vectors and nuisance in West Africa - Part 2: Field evaluation

Table 2 Overall mortality and unfed mortality of Culex quinquefasciatus females collected from experimental huts during EMCs.

EMC Culex quinquefasciatus		Untreated bed net (Control)	Untreated bed net + 2 layers Control Paint on walls and ceiling	Untreated bed net +1 layer IP on walls	Untreated bed net +1 layer IP on walls and ceiling	Untreated bed net +2 layers IP on walls	Untreated bed net +2 layers IP on walls and ceiling
T0-T3	% Overall Mortality	0^a	0^a	100^b	100^b	100^b	100^b
	% Unfed Mortality	3.4^a	2.1^a	81.2^b	79.4^b	87.8^c	88^c
T6	% Overall Mortality	0^a	2.2^a	92.9^b	95.7^c	100^d	99.5^d
	% Unfed Mortality	5.6^a	7.6^a	78.3^b	70.1^b,c	69.4^b,c	84.5^b,d
T9	% Overall Mortality	0^a	2.1^a	20.8^b	40.1^c	56.7^d	54.5^d
	% Unfed Mortality	2.7^a	4.3^a	22^b	39.5^c	53.7^d	50.7^d
T12	% Overall Mortality	0^a	1.2^a	5.7^b	5.3^b	15.6^c	21.6^d
	% Unfed Mortality	5^a	7^a,b	9.7^b	7.9^a,b	17^c	23.9^d

IP = Insecticide Paint. T0-T3, T6, T9 and T12 = 0-3, 6, 9 and 12 months after treatment
Values in the same row sharing a letter superscript do not differ significantly (P ≥ 0.05)