Table 3 Impact of new unwashed Royal Guard®, Interceptor®, and untreated nets on the fertility of Anopheles gambiae s.l. from Ifangni using the WHO cone bioassay
Mosquito nets | Mosquito number tested | Egg development Christopher’s stage | Fertility status (%) [95% confidence interval] | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
I | IIa | IIb | III | IV | V | Fertile | Infertile | Inconclusive | ||
Untreated net | 42 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 31 | 73.8 [58.0–86.1] | 4.8 [0.6–16.2] | 21.4 [10.3–36.8] |
Royal® Guard | 14 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 [76.8–100] | 0 |
Interceptor® | 31 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 74.2 [55.4–88.1] | 22.6 [9.6–41.1] | 3.2 [0.1–16.7] |
Total | 87 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 54 | 62.1 [51.0–72.3] | 26.4 [17.6–37.0] | 11.5 [5.7–20.1] |