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. 2014 Apr 1;13:131. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-13-131

Table 10.

The proportion of eggs laid by mosquitoes collected from experimental huts

Treatment Total number of eggs Median IQR RR [95% CI] z value p value
Control
10089
649.0
443.5 - 943.0
NA
NA
18.66
NA
Transfluthrin coils
57
0.0
0.0 - 0.0
0.03
[0.01 – 0.15]
-4.13
<0.001
Metofluthrin coils
526
0.0
0.0 - 57.5
0.09
[0.03 - 0.27]
-4.28
<0.001
DDT 2 gm 2 837 42.0 6.0 - 82.5 0.10 [0.04 - 0.26] -4.57 <0.001

Blood fed mosquitoes collected from huts that had mosquito coils, DDT and no insecticides were kept in individual oviposition tubes and the number of eggs laid was compare between mosquitoes that had been collected from huts that had different insecticides.

Legend: Median – Total mosquitoes caught per hut; IQR – Interquartile range; RR – Relative rate; CI – Confidence intervals.