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. 2012 Sep;2(9):679–683. doi: 10.1016/S2221-1691(12)60209-3

Table 1. Immediate mortalities and 24 hours post mortalities (%, mean ± SD) of D. pteronyssinus and D. farinae directly irradiated at difference distances and exposure times.

Species Distance (cm) Immediate mortalities
24 hours post mortalities
5 min 10 min 15 min 20 min 30 min 60 min 5 min 10 min 15 min 20 min 30 min 60 min
DP 55 0.0±0.0 2.2±2.8 4.0±4.0 5.5±5.5 8.8±5.5 32.5±8.9 1.8±2.3 7.0±3.8 9.2±6.8 12.9±12.2 13.6±8.5 58.4±17.4
45 0.3±1.1 4.7±4.4 5.5±4.0 11.0±7.0 38.1±9.7 38.4±9.8 2.2±2.8 11.8±4.7 10.7±2.7 15.8±9.8 48.1±13.5 68.1±12.3
35 2.2±1.6 6.2±4.2 7.7±5.9 12.9±4.2 55.8±9.6 74.7±9.7 4.7±2.3 9.2±6.8 12.2±8.9 18.1±5.0 69.9±7.9 98.8±2.3
25 4.4±2.8 8.4±4.1 8.4±5.2 27.0±9.6 69.2±9.5 97.0±4.2 7.3±5.2 11.8±5.2 15.5±10.4 41.8±12.4 80.3±12.4 100.0±0.0
10 4.4±3.3 8.8 ±7.6 11.0±9.7 35.9±9.3 88.8±9.6 100±0.0 8.8±5.2 15.5±6.6 16.6±11.7 54.0±17.2 96.6±4.4 100.0±0.0
DF 55 0.0±0.0 1.1±2.3 1.8±2.3 1.1±1.6 5.9±4.6 11.0±9.8 2.2±2.3 6.2±3.5 8.4±5.0 8.5±4.4 8.6±6.4 27.2±9.7
45 0.3±1.1 1.4±3.3 2.2±3.3 2.9±3.5 6.2±3.5 16.6±9.9 2.5±3.2 6.9±5.1 9.6±2.6 13.6±6.9 9.9±6.6 26.2±12.3
35 0.7±1.4 1.8±2.3 4.0±2.2 19.2±8.2 44.0±8.6 57.3±10.5 6.2±3.1 7.0±5.6 10.3±3.8 28.8±11.0 52.9±8.4 86.9±9.3
25 3.3±1.6 4.7±3.3 6.6±2.3 19.6±7.8 49.6±10.9 90.3±10.1 8.4±2.9 10.3±5.3 14.0±4.9 29.2±15.0 79.2±14.1 99.6±1.1
10 4.4±3.3 5.5±3.3 7.7±1.7 39.2±9.8 72.9±10.9 100.0±0.0 8.4±3.7 12.9±4.8 14.0±3.6 47.3±11.4 85.1±14.7 100.0±0.0

DP-D. pteronyssinus, DF-D. farinae.