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

Table 5.

Experimental hut summary results for wild free-flying An. arabiensis during the supplementary experiments

Insecticide (wall substrate) Outcome measure Number of months after spraying
11-15 uncovered 11-15 ceiling covered 16-17 walls and ceiling covered † 18 uncovered
Delta SC-PE 25 mg/m2 (Mud) Number collected 365 499 521 183
% Mortality 41 37 3† 42
95% CI 31-52 28-48 1-6 35-50
% Blood-fed 40 36 56 32
% Blood-feeding inhibition 42 33 5 20
Delta WG 25 mg/m2 (Mud) Number collected 300 559 463 130
% Mortality 46 33 3† 36
95% CI 31-61 24-43 1-7 28-45
% Blood-fed 45 29 51 33
% Blood-feeding inhibition 35 46 14 18
DDT WP 2000 mg/m2 (Mud) Number collected 218 305 190 214
% Mortality 51 37 3† 36
95% CI 39-62 25-52 1-11 28-45
% Blood-fed 35 37 80 38
% Blood-feeding inhibition 49 32 0 3
Delta SC-PE 25 mg/m2 (Concrete) Number collected 373 659 715 160
% Mortality 28 37 41 39
95% CI 22-34 28-48 34-48 30-49
% Blood-fed 48 39 52 43
% Blood-feeding inhibition 30 28 12 0
Delta WG 25 mg/m2 (Concrete) Number collected 310 528 759 152
% Mortality 41 37 44 42
95% CI 27-57 30-44 37-52 33-52
% Blood-fed 32 32 56 39
% Blood-feeding inhibition 54 41 5 3
DDT WP 2000 mg/m2 (Concrete) Number collected 262 508 705 174
% Mortality 49 44 42 40
95% CI 37-61 34-54 35-48 28-52
% Blood-fed 44 34 58 33
% Blood-feeding inhibition 36 37 2 18
Untreated (Mud) Number collected 276 369 376 98
% Mortality 7 12 2† 2
95% CI 3-16 7-19 0-7 1-8
% Blood-fed 69 54 59 40

Notes : †Indicates that the sprayed walls and ceiling of the experimental hut were covered with untreated plastic sheeting.