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Table 3 Mortality recorded in Anopheles gambiae s.s. males and females collected during the 2011 (adults collected in the field) and 2012 field (F1 progeny of field-collected adults) seasons following 1-h insecticide exposures using standard WHO tubes

From: Malaria vectors in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: the mechanisms that confer insecticide resistance in Anopheles gambiae and Anopheles funestus

Insecticide

2011

2012

N

% Mortality

Resistance status

N

% Mortality

Resistance status

Deltamethrin (0.75%)

97

51

Resistant

134

44

Resistant

Malathion (5%)

81

100

Susceptible

101

99

Susceptible

Fenitrothion (1%)

112

100

Susceptible

94

99

Susceptible

Propoxur (0.1%)

90

86

Resistant

96

100

Susceptible

Bendiocarb (0.1%)

90

97

Suspected resistance

47

53

Resistant

DDT (4%)

58

60

Resistant

55

15

Resistant

Dieldrin (0.4%)

52

100

Susceptible

32

97

Suspected resistance

  1. Interpretation of resistance status is based on WHO criteria [49]