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Table 3 Mortality rate in female Anopheles mosquitoes exposed to deltamethrin and permethrin

From: Status of insecticide resistance in malaria vectors in Kwale County, Coastal Kenya

Insecticide

Species

Sibling species

Mortality

Deltamethrin

An. funestus s.l.

–

54 (100)

  

An. funestus s.s.

49 (100)

  

An. vaneendeni

1 (100)

  

Not amplified

4 (100)

 

An. gambiae s.l.

–

101 (62.38)

  

An. arabiensis

95 (61.05)

  

An. gambiae s.s.

4 (75)

  

Not amplified

2 (100)

Permethrin

An. funestus s.l.

–

41 (100)

  

An. funestus s.s.

38 (100)

  

Not amplified

3 (100)

 

An. gambiae s.l.

–

160 (72.50)

  

An. arabiensis

143 (69.93)

  

An. gambiae s.s.

12 (100)

  

Not amplified

5 (80)

  1. Number outside parenthesis is the total number exposed to insecticide impregnated papers. Number inside parenthesis is the mortality rate in %