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Table 3 Mean percentage mortalities of PBO, TPP or DEM synergized and unsynergized samples of 2-5 day old Anopheles gambiae laboratory colony (GAH) females 24 h post exposure to listed insecticides (syn = synergized; unsyn = unsynergized. Bolded p-values are significant at 95% confidence intervals).

From: Staggered larval time-to-hatch and insecticide resistance in the major malaria vector Anopheles gambiae S form

Synergist

4% PBO

10% TPP

20% DEM

Insecticide

Syn/unsyn

mean % mortality

t-test p

mean % mortality

t-test p

mean % mortality

t-test p

4% DDT

syn

27.46

0.99

39.6

0.76

38.37

0.86

 

unsyn

27.48

 

41.8

 

37.38

 

4% dieldrin

syn

11.70

0.81

13.8

0.13

12.15

0.89

 

unsyn

10.83

 

9.9

 

12.65

 

permethrin

syn

80.54

< 0.01

86.14

< 0.01

74.93

0.16

 

unsyn

48.72

 

56.11

 

61.78

 

deltamethrin

syn

95.32

< 0.01

94.12

0.98

100

~ 1

 

unsyn

72.52

 

94.60

 

98

 

propoxur

syn

70.30

0.87

84.98

0.06

79.43

0.52

 

unsyn

71.03

 

79.5

 

82.23

 

bendiocarb

syn

77.74

 

78.8

0.16

68.99

0.66

 

unsyn

71.56

0.29

71.36

 

72.43

 

pirimiphos methyl

syn

33.39

0.37

86.65

0.08

74.65

0.09

 

unsyn

44.89

 

67.56

 

63.53

 

bendiocarb

syn

77.74

 

78.8

0.16

68.99

0.66

 

unsyn

71.56

0.29

71.36

 

72.43

 

pirimiphos methyl

syn

33.39

0.37

86.65

0.08

74.65

0.09

 

unsyn

44.89

 

67.56

 

63.53

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