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Table 1 Experimental huts results against Zenet wild free flying An. funestus (number entering, proportions deterred, exiting, blood feeding, blood feeding inhibition and personal protection)

From: Bio-efficacy and wash resistance of MAGNet long-lasting insecticidal net against wild populations of Anopheles funestus in experimental huts in Muheza, Tanzania

 

Untreated net

MagNet LN

DuraNet LN

MagNet LN

DuraNet LN

Interceptor

Number of washes

0

Unwashed

Unwashed

20

20

Unwashed

Total females caught

182

202

288

180

190

171

 Geometric mean females caught/night (95% C.I.)

3.4 (0.4–6.4)

3.8 (0.6–7)

6.2 (2.7–8.7)

4.1 (1.8–6.3)

3.7 (0.5–6.9)

3.5 (0.5–6.5)

 % deterrence

–a

0a

0a

1.1a

0a

6a

Total females in verandah and exit traps

72

144

220

134

149

105

 % exophily (95% C.I.)

39.6a (32.5–46.7)

71.3b (65.1–77.5)

76.4b (71.5–81.3)

74.4b (68.1–80.8)

78.4b (72.6–84.3)

61.4e (54.1–68.7)

Total females blood fed

36

45

34

15

28

43

 % blood fed (95% C.I.)

19.8abc (14–25.6)

22.3b (16.5–28)

11.8c (8.1–15.5)

8.3d (4.3–12.4)

14.7abc (9.7–19.8)

25.1ab (18.6–31.6)

 % blood feeding inhibition

–

0.0

40.4

58.1

2.6

0

 % personal protection

–a

0a

5.5a

58.3b

22.2ab

0a

Total females died

12

12

12

11

21

14

 % mortality (95% C.I.)

6.6a (3–10.2)

5.9a (2.7–9.2)

4.2a (1.9–6.5)

6.1a (2.6–9.6)

11.1a (6.6–15.5)

8.2a (4.1–12.3)

 % mortality corrected for control

–a

0a

0a

0a

4.8a (0–9.5)

1.7a (0–5.7)

 % overall killing effect

–a

0a

0a

0a

4.9a

1a

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