Effect of Petroleum Products on the Larvicidal Activity of Aedes Mosquitoes in Ika North-East LGA, Delta State, Nigeria

Table 1: Mortality of Ae aegypti larvae and pupae after 80 minutes exposure to petroleum products at various concentrations.

Treatment	Conc. (%)	Log dose	Mean ±SE	Lower bound 95% CI	Upper bound 95% CI
Larvae	-	-	-	-	-
Control	0.00	0.00	0.00±0.0^a	-3.221	3.221
Kerosene	0.005	-2.301	8.50±1.54^ab	5.28	11.72
	0.01	-2.000	9.50±1.54^b	6.28	12.72
	0.02	-1.699	10.00±1.54^b	6.78	13.22
Petrol	0.005	-2.301	10.00±1.54^b	6.78	13.22
	0.01	-2.000	10.00±1.54^b	6.78	13.22
	0.02	-1.699	10.00±1.54^b	6.78	13.22
Kerosene and Petrol	0.005	-2.301	8.50±1.54^ab	5.28	11.72
	0.01	-2.000	9.50±1.54^b	6.28	12.72
	0.02	-1.699	10.00±1.54^b	6.78	13.22
Pupae	-	-	-	-	-
Water	0.00	0.00	0.00±0.0	-3.221	3.221
Kerosene	0.005	-2.301	7.00±1.54^ab	3.78	10.22
	0.01	-2.000	10.00±1.54^b	6.78	13.22
	0.02	-1.699	10.00±1.54^b	6.78	13.22
Petrol	0.005	-2.301	7.00±1.54^ab	3.78	10.22
	0.01	-2.000	10.00±1.54^b	6.78	13.22
	0.02	-1.699	10.00±1.54^b	6.78	13.22
Kerosene and Petrol	0.005	-2.301	10.00±1.54^b	6.78	13.22
	0.01	-2.000	10.00±1.54^b	6.78	13.22
	0.02	-1.699	10.00±1.54^b	6.78	13.22

Note: CI means confidence interval. Means of the same superscript letter do not differ significantly between treatments (p<0.05) using Tukey’s test.