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Table 3 Semi-field experiments to assess the efficacy of sandals treated with 0.05 g of transfluthrin against different species of laboratory reared mosquito bites

From: Evaluation of personal protection afforded by repellent-treated sandals against mosquito bites in south-eastern Tanzania

Mosquito species

Incidence rate ratio IRR (95% C.I.)

p-value

z-score

Mean number of mosquitoes (standard deviation)

Treatment

Control

An. arabiensis

0.45 (0.39–0.52)

< 0.0001

− 11.09

4.05 (3.77)

8.95 (6.48)

Ae. aegypti

0.62 (0.52–0.75)

< 0.0001

− 4.90

7.20 (5.97)

11.71 (10.89)

An. gambiae s.s.

0.39 (0.30–0.53)

< 0.0001

− 6.46

3.94 (3.29)

9.56 (5.56)