Potential benefits of combining transfluthrin-treated sisal products and long-lasting insecticidal nets for controlling indoor-biting malaria vectors

Table 1 Comparison of the mean mosquito entry per hut per night between huts with trasnfluthrin-treated sisal baskets in combination with LLINs to those with untreated sisal baskets and LLINs

Treatment	n	Mean number (adjusted)	95% CI	RR	95% CI	P-value
Anopheles arabiensis
Untreated bd + LLINs	981	30.34	17.42–52.84	na^a	na	na
2.5 ml bd + LLINs	292	7.86	4.45–13.86	0.26	0.19–0.34	< 0.001
5.0 ml bd + LLINs	399	8.65	4.89–15.28	0.29	0.22–0.37	< 0.001
Anopheles funestus
Untreated bd + LLINs	448	13.37	9.88–18.09	na	na	na
2.5 ml TF bd + LLINs	356	11.07	8.15–15.03	0.83	0.60–1.14	0.243
5.0 ml TF bd + LLINs	361	11.01	8.11–14.94	0.82	0.59–1.13	0.230
Culex spp.
Untreated bd + LLINs	1951	39.55	24.31–64.33	na	na	na
2.5 ml TF bd + LLINs	1103	28.35	17.41–46.16	0.72	0.61–0.85	< 0.001
5.0 ml TF bd + LLINs	1103	27.80	17.07–45.27	0.70	0.59–0.83	< 0.001

Abbreviations: n total number of mosquitoes collected, CI confidence interval, RR relative rate, bd basket decoration, LLINs long-lasting insecticidal net and TF transfluthrin
^ana = 1 was used as a reference

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