Table 3.
Repellency effects against An. gambiae, An. arabiensis and Cx. quinquefasciatus induced by 500 mg/m2 of each of citronella and two extracts of Ocimum suave and Ocimum kilimandscharicum.
| An. gambiae (N = 100) | An. arabiensis (N = 100) | Cx. quinquefaciatus(N = 100) | ||||
| % Repellency | P-value* | % Repellency | P-value* | % Repellency | P-value* | |
| Citronella | 81 | 0.000 | 85 | 0.000 | 98 | 0.000 |
| OS | 81 | 0.020 | 89 | 0.010 | 91 | 0.07 |
| OK | 73 | 0.050 | 75 | 0.070 | 82 | 0.040 |
*The paired samples T-test was used to compare the means