Table 4 Feeding rate of An. gambiae and Ae. aegypti females exposed to membranes impregnated with essential oil of L. alba.

From: Biological effects of Lippia alba essential oil against Anopheles gambiae and Aedes aegypti

 

An. gambiae

Kisumu

Ae. aegypti

SBE

n

% Feed (95% CI)

GLMM analysis

n

% Feed (95% CI)

GLMM analysis

Parameters

Intercept

Concentr.

Parameters

Intercept

Concentr.

1st phase

Control

205

80 (74.6–85.4)

Estimate

0.73

− 0.03

205

88.2 (83.8–92.6)

Estimate

1.46

− 0.29

1%

201

52.7 (45.8–59.6)

215

63.2 (56.8–69.6)

SE

0.18

0.03

SE

0.23

0.05

2.5%

224

50 (43.5–56.5)

223

57.8 (51.4–64.2)

5%

218

40.8 (34.3–47.3)

t-value

3.92

− 0.87

218

38.5 (32.1–44.9)

t-value

6.18

− 5.79

2nd Phase

Control

210

91.9 (88.3–95.5)

204

93.1 (89.7–96.5)

P

0.0003

0.3861

P

0

0

10%

218

76.6 (71–82.2)

209

1.4 (0–2.9)

  1. SBE, sensitive strain of Ae. aegypti from Benin; n, number of mosquitoes exposed; 95% CI, 95% confidence interval; GLMM, Generalized Linear Mixed Model; Concentr., concentrations; number of observation: 54; number of mosquito cups per specie: 54; SE, standard error of parameter estimate; t-value, estimate to standard error ratio; P, statistic for t-value.
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