Table 3

Repellency effects against An. gambiae, An. arabiensis and Cx. quinquefasciatus induced by 500 mg/m2 of each of citronella and two extracts of Ocimum suave and Ocimum kilimandscharicum.


An. gambiae (N = 100)
An. arabiensis (N = 100)
Cx. quinquefaciatus(N = 100)


% Repellency
P-value*
% Repellency
P-value*
% Repellency
P-value*

Citronella
81
0.000
85
0.000
98
0.000
OS
81
0.020
89
0.010
91
0.07
OK
73
0.050
75
0.070
82
0.040

*The paired samples T-test was used to compare the means

Kweka et al. Malaria Journal 2008 7:152   doi:10.1186/1475-2875-7-152