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Table 10 Mortality status of P. argentipes to alpha-cypermethrin (0.05%) in the WHO tube test (five replicates for each observation) in Nepal

From: Susceptibility of field-collected Phlebotomus argentipes (Diptera: Psychodidae) sand flies from Bangladesh and Nepal to different insecticides

District

Village Development Committee

No. of sand flies exposed in 5 replicates [KD (%)]

No. of sand flies dead at 24 h (%)

Exposure time (min)

Exposure time (min)

15

30

60

15

30

60

Morang

Bhathigachh

111 [23 (20.72)]

108 [84 (77.78)]

109 [106 (97.25)]

100 (89.89)

108 (100)

109 (100)

Sunsari

Tanmuna

110 [30 (27.27)]

107 [89 (83.18)]

106 [100 (94.34)]

105 (95.45)

107 (100)

106 (100)

Saptari

West Pipara

111 [18 (16.22)]

105 [82 (78.10)]

104 [99 (95.19)]

106 (95.10)

105 (100)

104 (100)

  1. Abbreviation: KD knockdown rate