Evaluation of PermaNet 3.0 a deltamethrin-PBO combination net against Anopheles gambiae and pyrethroid resistant Culex quinquefasciatus mosquitoes: an experimental hut trial in Tanzania

Table 2 Experimental hut summary for Culex quinquefasciatus.

	Untreated net	PermaNet 3.0 Unwashed	PermaNet 2.0 Unwashed	PermaNet 3.0 washed 20 times	PermaNet 2.0 washed 20 times	CTN washed 3 times
Total females caught	81	70	52	96	87	68
Females caught per night	1.5^a	1.3^a	0.9^a	1.8^a	1.6^a	1.3^a
% Deterrence		14	36	0	0	16
Total females in veranda and exit traps	46	65	51	95	84	61
% Exiting (95% C.I.)	57^a (46-67)	93^bc (84-97)	98^bc (88-100)	99.0^c (93-100)	97^bc (90-99)	90^b (80-95)
Total females blood fed	41	4	3	0	0	10
% Blood fed (95% C.I.)	51^a (40-61)	6^bc (2-14)	6^bc (2-16)	0^c	0^c	15^b (8-25)
% Blood feeding inhibition	-	89	89	100	100	71
% Personal protection	0^a	90^b	93^b	100^b	100^b	76^b
Total females dead	5	36	19	35	30	26
% mortality (95% C.I.)	6^a (3-14)	51^b (40-63)	37^c (25-50)	37^c (28-46)	34^c (25-45)	38^c (28-50)
% Mortality corrected for control	-	48	32	32	30	34
% Overall killing effect	0^a	38^b	17^b	37^b	30^b	26^b

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

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