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The effects of smoke from mosquito coils on Anopheles gambiae Giles and Mansonia uniformis (Theo.) in verandah-trap huts at Magugu, Tanzania

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

J. E. Hudson  and
S. Esozed
J. E. Hudson
Affiliation:
East African Community, Tropical Pesticides Research Institute, P.O. Box 3024, Arusha, Tanzania.
S. Esozed
Affiliation:
East African Community, Tropical Pesticides Research Institute, P.O. Box 3024, Arusha, Tanzania.
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The effects of smoke from mosquito coils containing pyrethrins or DDT on Anopheles gambiae Giles and Mansonia uniformis (Theo.) were investigated by burning coils for five nights per week in three man-baited verandah-trap huts. Three other verandah-trap huts served as controls. Smoke from 004–0–3% pyrethrins coils deterred 24–84% of A. gambiae and 71–93% of M. uniformis from entering treated huts, and that from 7–3–130% DDT coils deterred 91 % of A. gambiae and 92% of M. uniformis.In pyrethrum-treated huts 62–76% A. gambiae were unfed (33–67% in the controls) and 80–99% were in the exit traps (43–79% in the controls). In DDT-treated huts 85% A.gambiae were unfed (48% in the controls) and 100% were in the exit traps (55% in the controls). With M. uniformis, 61–84% in the pyrethrum-treated huts were unfed (38–54% in the controls) and in the DDT-treated huts 71 % (69% in the controls). The effects of the smokes on the egress of M. uniformis could not be assessed since 82–100% were in the exit traps in the treated and in the control huts. Overall mortalities never exceeded 22% of A. gambiae and 12% of M. uniformis, but some dead mosquitoes may have been removed by ants. With pyrethrum coils, feeder-survivor indices were 15–84% for A. gambiae and 90–98% for M. uniformis, and with the DDT coils, 94% and 96%, respectively. When caged A. gambiae females were exposed all night in the huts, 24-h delayed mortalities caused by 019–0–30% pyrethrins coils were 38–56%, by 009% pyrethrins coils 12–27%, and by 004% pyrethrins coils 3–5%. DDT coils produced 99–100% mortality in 24 h, but this may have been due to contact with contaminated mosquito netting.

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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 61 , Issue 2 , November 1971 , pp. 247 - 265
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1971

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