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. 2014 Oct 2;7:454. doi: 10.1186/s13071-014-0454-1

Table 2.

Time for mortality to drop below 80% and 50% for laboratory, simple hut, and experimental hut bioassays

Substrate Insecticide Estimated time to 80% mortality Estimated time to 50% mortality
Time (months) 95% CI Time (months) 95% CI
Laboratory bioassays
Mud Delta SC-PE 50 13.4 (12.8 to 14.3) 15.8 (15.0 to 17.1)
Delta SC-PE 25 8.3 (7.5 to 9.1) 11.6 (10.9 to 12.4)
Delta WG 25 8.1 (7.6 to 8.7) 10.9 (10.4 to 11.4)
DDT WP 2000 5.2 (4.4 to 5.9) 8.4 (7.8 to 9.0)
Concrete Delta SC-PE 50
Delta SC-PE 25 15.5 (14.5 to 17.3)
Delta WG 25 14.9 (13.8 to 16.9)
DDT WP 2000 10.1 (8.9 to 11.4) 14.6 (13.3 to 16.6)
Simple hut bioassays
Mud Delta SC-PE 50 4.6 (2.4 to 6.0)
Delta SC-PE 25 6.0 (5.0 to 6.9)
Delta WG 25 2.6 (0.3 to 4.1)
Concrete Delta SC-PE 50 11.2 (10.4 to 12.1) 14.7 (13.7 to 16.0)
Delta SC-PE 25 8.0 (6.7 to 9.0) 12.4 (11.3 to 13.9)
Delta WG 25 2.1 (†to 3.6)
Experimental hut bioassays
Mud Delta SC-PE 25 2.8 (0.2 to 4.6) 8.0 (6.7 to 9.2)
Delta WG 25 0.5 (†to 3.0)
DDT WP 2000 3.3 (1.1 to 5.0)
Concrete Delta SC-PE 25 11.4 (9.2 to 16.7)
Delta WG 25 5.8 (0.8 to 8.2)
DDT WP 2000 7.0 (4.3 to 8.9) 12.0 (10.4 to 15.1)

Notes : † indicates that statistical models produced estimates outside the study period.