Development of Metarhizium anisopliae and Beauveria bassiana formulations for control of malaria mosquito larvae

Table 4 Hazard ratios of larvae exposed to (un)formulated fungal spores, 0 and 7 days post-application

Fungus	Day	Formulation	HR (95%CI)	p value
Metarhizium anisopliae	0	Unformulated	44.6 (10.9-181.7)	<0.001
		WaterSavr	8.9 (4.4-18.1)	<0.001
		ShellSol T	140.1 (18.4-1067.2)	<0.001
	7	Unformulated	1.0 (0.5-2.0)	0.816
		WaterSavr	1.1 (0.7-1.8)	0.477
		ShellSol T	1.5 (1.0-2.2)	0.030
Beauveria bassiana	0	Unformulated	36.1 (8.9-146.8)	<0.001
		WaterSavr	10.5 (4.7-23.5)	<0.001
		ShellSol T	137.9 (18.0-1053.4)	<0.001
	7	Unformulated	0.9 (0.4-1.7)	0.716
		WaterSavr	1.5 (0.1-2.3)	0.091
		ShellSol T	1.9 (1.3-2.9)	0.001

Hazard ratio's (HR) indicate the mortality risk of An. stephensi larvae exposed to unformulated, WaterSavr-formulated and ShellSol T-formulated Metarhizium anisopliae and Beauveria bassiana spores, 0 and 7 days after application (n = 3)

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