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Table 1 Residual density and blood feeding rates of An. gambiae s.l. collected in districts under IRS and control districts after 2017 and 2018 IRS campaigns in Alibori and Donga

From: Lessons learned, challenges and outlooks for decision-making after a decade of experience monitoring the impact of indoor residual spraying in Benin, West Africa

Period

Districts

Nb of room

Nb An. gambiae (s.l.) collected

Density/Room

Unfed

Fed

Gravid

Half-Gravid

Blood feeding rate %

P- value

June 2017–Dec 2017

Kandi

246

47

0.19

16

31

0

0

65.96

0.043

Gogounou

239

114

0.48

45

67

1

1

59.65

0.0001

Bembèrèkè (control)

210

184

0.88

13

139

22

10

80.98

Djougou

223

54

0.24

21

32

0

1

61.11

0.105

Copargo

203

84

0.41

21

61

0

2

75

1

Kouande (control)

60

136

2.27

7

99

28

2

74.26

Total treated districts

911

299

0.33

103

191

1

4

65.22

0.0005

Total control districts

270

320

1.19

20

238

50

12

78.13

June 2018–Nov 2018

Kandi

80

28

0.35

2

22

3

1

82.14

1

Gogounou

80

21

0.26

4

17

0

0

80.95

1

Bembèrèkè (control)

78

126

1.62

21

96

4

5

80.16

Djougou

82

22

0.27

3

19

0

0

86.36

1

Copargo

80

50

0.63

12

32

4

2

68

0.119

Kouande (control)

40

39

0.98

3

33

4

0

84.62

Total treated districts

322

121

0.38

21

90

7

3

76.86

0.452

Total control districts

118

165

1.4

24

129

8

5

81.21

  1. May, IRS implementation month; June-November/December, period of residual effect of pirimiphos methyl
  2. P-value: P-value of comparison of the blood feeding rate of An. gambiae between the treated and control districts