Table 5 Reduction in oviposition rate for surviving wild free-flying blood-fed pyrethroid-resistant An. gambiae sl mosquitoes from experimental huts in Cové, Benin.

From: Efficacy of Royal Guard, a new alpha-cypermethrin and pyriproxyfen treated mosquito net, against pyrethroid-resistant malaria vectors

Net type

No of washes

No. of females observed

No. of females laying eggs

% Blood-fed females laying eggs

95% CI

% Reduction in oviposition

Control

506

177

35a

(31–39)

PPF Net

0

546

26

5b

(3–7)

86

20

719

174

24c

(21–27)

31

Duranet

0

157

55

35a

(28–43

0

20

265

90

34a

(28–40)

3

Royal Guard

0

238

14

6b

(3–9)

83

20

507

134

26c

(22–30)

25

  1. Values in the same column bearing the same letter label are not significantly different at 5% level (GLM, P > 0.05).