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

Table 2 Mortality and blood-feeding outcomes of anopheline mosquitoes collected 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 dead	8	92	45	89	91
% mortality corrected for control	0^a	74.6^b	57.7^bc	51.6^c	39.6^d
% overall killing effect	0^a	37.8^bc	16.7^b	34.5^c	37.4^bc
Total blood-fed	81	23	20	41	88
% blood-feeding inhibition	0^a	48.3^b	27.9^b	32.7^b	0^a
% personal protection	0^ab	71.6^c	75.3^c	49.2^ac	0^b
*Anopheles gambiae*
Total dead	6	30	26	21	37
% mortality corrected for control	0^a	71.4^b	66.3^b	32.7^c	39.8^c
% overall killing effect	0^a	30.4^b	25.3^b	19^b	39.2^b
Total blood fed	48	3	10	25	34
% blood-feeding inhibition	0^a	85.2^b	46.8^a	11.3^a	19.2^a
% personal protection	0^a	93.8^b	79.2^bc	47.9^ac	29.2^a
*Anopheles arabiensis*
Total dead	15	181	233	183	160
% mortality corrected for control	0^a	47.4^b	41.9^b	29.8^c	35.7^c
% overall killing effect	0^a	34.4^b	45.1^b	34.8^b	30^b
Total blood fed	131	40	44	52	54
% blood-feeding inhibition	0^a	60^bc	69.6^b	66.5^bc	53^c
% personal protection	0^a	69.5^b	66.4^b	60.3^b	58.8^b

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

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