Table 2.
Comparison of percentages of mosquitoes (± 2SE) that died after visiting insecticide-treated odour-baited mosquito landing boxes or the controls
| Anopheles arabiensis | Anopheles funestus | Other Anopheles | Culex species | Mansonia species | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests conducted using 1% pirimiphos methyl mixed in paint |
Control |
0.32 ± 0.622 |
0.89 ± 0.000 |
0.00 ± 1.441 |
0.00 ± 0.000 |
0.00 ± 0.000 |
| Treated MLB with 12 louvers |
6.78 ± 2.769 |
17.95 ± 8.820 |
16.23 ± 9.944 |
2.16 ± 2.584 |
7.58 ± 4.316 |
|
| Treated MLB with 8 louvers and treated internal surfaces |
32.07 ± 9.016 |
33.91 ± 13.200 |
33.03 ± 12.827 |
22.20 ± 14.324 |
25.69 ± 13.429 |
|
| Tests conducted using 5% pirimiphos methyl mixed in paint | Control |
4.07 ± 3.741 |
0.00 ± 0.000 |
No data |
1.09 ± 1.442 |
1.62 ± 1.106 |
| Treated MLB with 8 louvers and treated internal surfaces | 50.64 ± 5.128 | 25.00 ± 13.056 | No data | 37.76 ± 7.311 | 47.98 ± 11.315 |
The MLB was painted with locally prepared pirimiphos-methyl oil based paint while the inner suspended net was also treated by soaking it in the same mixture of pirimiphos-methyl then drying under a shade.