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Table 3.

Results obtained for Anopheles arabiensis (n = 42 nights) in the experimental huts in Moshi

Hut treatment	Unwashed control	Washed control	Unwashed LLIB	Washed LLIB	Unwashed ITB	Washed ITB	Olyset net
Initial dose of permethrin	0 mg/m²	0 mg/m²	2000 mg/m²	2000 mg/m²	500 mg/m²	500 mg/m²	1000 mg/m²
Number of washes	0	5	0	5	0	5	0
% volunteer body cover (95% CI)	81 (77–85)	83 (80–87)	79 (74–83)	78 (73–82)	79 (72–85)	79 (72–85)	100
Total females caught	192	205	224	237	240	197	288
Females caught/night	5	5	5	6	6	5	7
Total females in verandah and exit traps	155	170	194	210	203	169	258
Exophily (%)	81^ad	83^d	87^abd	89^abc	85^acd	86^acd	90^c
95% Confidence limits	73-86	70-91	80-91	82-93	79-89	79-91	83-94
Total females blood fed	67	85	56	50	48	54	51
Blood fed (%)	35^ab	41^a	25^bc	21^cd	20^cd	27^bc	18^d
95% Confidence limits	26-45	33-50	19-32	17-26	14-28	16-42	13-24
Blood feeding inhibition (%)	-	-	29	49	43	34	49
Total females dead	4	3	59	53	70	53	90
Overall mortality (%)	2^a	1^a	26^bc	22^b	29^bc	27^bc	31^c
95% Confidence limits	1-5	0-5	19-36	15-31	21-39	21-34	24-39
Corrected for control (%)	-	0	24	21	27	25	29
Unfed mortality	3 (1–8)	3 (1–8)	30 (20–41)	23 (16–32)	31 (21–43)	30 (23–38)	32 (24–43)
Blood fed mortality	0	0	16 (7–32)	20 (9–39)	21 (11–36)	19 (12–28)	25 (14–42)

Numbers in the same row sharing a letter superscript do not differ significantly (P > 0.05).