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. 2013 Dec 19;8(12):e84168. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084168

Table 1. Laboratory bioassays of three toxic sugar baits against An. gambiae s.s., An. arabiensis, and Cx. quinquefasciatus in cage tests. Numbers of female mosquitoes tested, the percentage dying, the percentage dyed with a red dye, and the percentage of dyed mosquitoes that died (and 95% confidence intervals) are presented.

Control Chlorfenapyr (0.5%) Boric acid (2%) Tolfenpyrad (1%)
Anopheles gambiae females
Total tested 135 147 148 143
Mortality (%) 13 (8-19)a 100b 85 (78-89)c 86 (79-91)c
Mosquitoes with visible dye (%) 74 (66-81)a 28 (21-36)b 68 (60-75)a 26 (19-34)b
Mortality of visibly dyed mosquitoes (%) 9 (5-16)a 100b 92 (85-96)c 100b
Anopheles arabiensis females
Total tested 55 58 59 61
Mortality (%) 4 (1-13)a 91 (81-96)b 83 (71-91)b 89 (78-94)b
Mosquitoes with visible dye (%) 89 (78-95)a 45 (33-58)b 64 (52-76)b 41 (29-54)b
Mortality of visibly dyed mosquitoes (%) 2 (0-6)a 100b 89 (78-94)c 100b
Culex quinquefasciatus females
Total tested 157 153 165 166
Mortality (%) 3 (1-7)a 95 (90-97)b 78 (71-83)c 99 (96-100)d
Mosquitoes with visible dye (%) 85 (78-90)a 81 (74-87)a 86 (80-91)a 44 (37-52)b
Mortality of visibly dyed mosquitoes (%) 2 (0-6)a 100b 89 (83-96)c 100b

If the superscript in a row is the same, there were no significant differences between the treatments (p>0.05)