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Susceptibility of adult female Anopheles gambiae and An. funestus mosquitoes to selected pyrethroid insecticides and DDT
| Number of mosquitoes tested | % knock-down after 1 hour exposure | |||
| Insecticides | An. gambiae | An. funestus | An. gambiae | An. funestus |
| Permethrin 0.75% | 1372 | 881 | 63.2 | 65.0 |
| Deltamethrin 0.05% | 1451 | 1011 | 89.5 | 92.1 |
| Cyfluthrin 0.15% | 897 | 854 | 99.6 | 99.8 |
| Lambdacyhalothrin 0.1% | 888 | 758 | 88.2 | 94.4 |
| DDT 4% | 1068 | 569 | 33.8 | 50.6 |
