Table 2 Percentage of mortality in WHO cone-bioassays
Experiment arms | Bioassays before hut evaluation with An. stephensi | Bioassays after hut evaluation | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Before any wash | After 20 washes | After 25 washes | With An. culicifacies | With An. jeyporiensis | |||||||||||
NE | CM (%) | 95% CI | NE | CM (%) | 95% CI | NE | CM (%) | 95% CI | NE | CM (%) | 95% CI | NE | CM (%) | 95% CI | |
Unwashed Veeralin LN | 50 | 100 | 92.9–100.0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 50 | 86 | 73.3–94.2 | 50 | 100 | 92.9–100.0 |
Veeralin LN washed 20 times | 50 | 100 | 92.9–100.0 | 50 | 100 | 92.9–100.0 | – | – | – | 50 | 76 | 61.8–86.9 | 50 | 100 | 92.9–100.0 |
Unwashed MAGNet | 50 | 100 | 92.9–100.0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 50 | 72 | 57.5–83.8 | 50 | 100 | 92.9–100.0 |
MAGNet washed 20 times | 50 | 100 | 92.9–100.0 | 50 | 100 | 92.9–100.0 | – | – | – | 50 | 78 | 64.0–88.5 | 50 | 100 | 92.9–100.0 |
Untreated polyester | 50 | 0 | 0.0–7.1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 50 | 0 | 0.0–7.1 | 50 | 0 | 0.0–7.1 |
(Negative control) | – | ||||||||||||||
Veeralin LN washed 25 times | 50 | 100 | 92.9–100.0 | – | – | – | 50 | 100 | 92.9–100.0 | 50 | 68 | 53.3–80.5 | 50 | 100 | 92.9–100.0 |