Table 1.

Summary results of the release-recapture of An. gambiae s.s. (Kisumu and VK-Per strains) relative to the treatments and holing configuration.

Treatments			N females caught	Exophily			Blood feeding			Mortality
				Inside veranda	Rate (%)	IE (%)	Blood-fed	Rate (%)	BFI (%)	Dead	Rate (%)	Corrected rate (%)
Kisumu	Control	6 holes	152	45	29.6a,c	–	54	35.5a	–	3	2.0a	–
		30 holes	149	31	20.8a,b	–	77	51.7b	–	3	2.0a	–
		150 holes	161	29	18.0b,f	–	140	87.0c,h	–	1	0.6a	–
	Pyriproxyfen	6 holes	181	67	37.0c	NS	72	39.8a,j	NS	3	1.7a	−0.3
		30 holes	148	29	19.6b,f	NS	86	58.1b	NS	5	3.4a	1.4
		150 holes	153	44	28.8a,c	59.7	132	86.3c	NS	1	0.7a	0.0
	Olyset	6 holes	146	5	3.4d	−88.4	13	8.9d	74.9	146	100b	100
		30 holes	156	6	3.9d,e	−81.5	17	10.9d,e	78.9	156	100b	100
		150 holes	160	9	5.6d	−68.8	30	18.8e	78.4	159	99.4b	99.4
	Olyset Duo	6 holes	156	14	9.0d	−69.7	0	0f	100	156	100b	100
		30 holes	159	8	5.0d	−75.8	5	3.1d,f	93.9	159	100b	100
		150 holes	162	3	1.9e	−89.7	12	7.4d	91.5	162	100b	100
VK-Per	Control	6 holes	180	21	11.7b	−	152	84.4c	–	3	1.7a	–
		30 holes	173	16	9.3d	–	160	92.5h	–	1	0.6a	–
		150 holes	181	42	23.2a,b	–	178	98.3i	–	1	0.6a	–
	Pyriproxyfen	6 holes	181	25	13.8b	NS	146	80.7c,k	NS	4	2.2a	0.6
		30 holes	172	20	11.6b	NS	148	86.1c,h	NS	3	1.7a	1.2
		150 holes	180	38	21.1a,f	NS	179	99.4i	NS	3	1.7a	1.1
	Olyset	6 holes	173	34	19.7b,f	68.5	95	54.9b	35.0	95	54.9c	54.2
		30 holes	166	24	14.5b	NS	101	60.8b	34.2	136	81.9d	81.8
		150 holes	175	90	51.4g	121.6	144	82.3c	16.3	92	52.6c	52.3
	Olyset Duo	6 holes	171	28	16.4b,f	NS	32	18.7e	77.8	149	87.1d,e	86.9
		30 holes	165	20	12.1b	NS	72	43.6j	52.8	152	92.1e	92.1
		150 holes	170	61	35.9c	54.6	123	72.4k	26.4	123	72.4f	72.2

The numbers in the same column sharing the letter superscript do not differ significantly (p ≥ 0.05).