Evaluation of ICON Maxx, a long-lasting treatment kit for mosquito nets: experimental hut trials against anopheline mosquitoes in Tanzania

Table 1 Anopheline mosquitoes collected and exiting into verandah and window traps in the ICON Maxx experimental hut trials in Muheza and Moshi, Tanzania in 2008

	Untreated net	ICON Maxx	ICON Maxx	CTN	CTN
Number of washes	0	0	20	Cut-off	20
*Anopheles funestus*
Total females caught	222	122	76	167	218
Average catch per night	6.2^a	3.4^b	2.1^b	4.6^a	6.1^a
% deterrence	-	45	65.8	24.8	1.8
Total females exiting	200	106	71	164	200
% exiting	90.1^a	86.9^a	93.4^a	98.2^b	91.7^a
*Anopheles gambiae*
Total females caught	97	41	38	57	85
Average catch per night	2.7^a	1.1^b	1.1^b	1.6^bc	2.4^ac
% deterrence	-	57.7	60.8	41.2	12.4
Total females exiting	79	34	33	56	75
% exiting	81.4^a	82.9^a	86.8^a	98.3^b	88.2^a
*Anopheles arabiensis*
Total females caught	483	369	533	573	424
Average catch per night	20.1^a	15.4^a	22.2^a	23.9^a	17.7^a
% deterrence	-	23.6	0	0	12.2
Total females exiting	392	319	469	450	352
% exiting	81.2^ac	86.4^ab	88.0^b	78.5^c	83.0^ac

Numbers in the same row sharing a letter superscript do not differ significantly (P >0.05)

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