Evaluation of DawaPlus 3.0 and DawaPlus 4.0, deltamethrin–PBO combination nets against pyrethroid-resistant Anopheles culicifacies in experimental huts in India

Table 1 Hut entry of An. culicifacies in treated and untreated arms with the results of negative binomial regression analysis

Experiment arms	Number of collections	Number entered (entry)^a	Range	Mean entry ± SE	Incidence rate ratio (IRR)	95% CI	p
Untreated polyester net (negative control)	42	264	0–16	6.28 ± 0.07	1.00^b
Unwashed DawaPlus 2.0 (positive control)	42	17	0–1	0.40 ± 0.09	0.064	0.038–0.107	0.000
DawaPlus 2.0 washed 20 times (positive control)	42	31	0–3	0.73 ± 0.08	0.117	0.078–0.175	0.000
Unwashed DawaPlus 3.0	42	10	0–1	0.24 ± 0.11	0.037	0.019–0.072	0.000
DawaPlus 3.0 washed 20 times	42	19	0–2	0.45 ± 0.10	0.071	0.044–0.117	0.000
Unwashed DawaPlus 4.0	42	12	0–1	0.29 ± 0.12	0.045	0.025–0.082	0.000
DawaPlus 4.0 washed 20 times	42	21	0–2	0.50 ± 0.52	0.079	0.049–0.127	0.000

^aOut of the total 42 collections in each arm; SE standard error
^bUntreated polyester net (negative control) was used as reference category for the analysis

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