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Table 1 Effect of body size on Plasmodium yoelii nigeriensis development in Anopheles gambiae and An. stephensi raised on different larval nutritional quantities

From: Larval nutrition differentially affects adult fitness and Plasmodium development in the malaria vectors Anopheles gambiae and Anopheles stephensi

  

Low diet

High diet

 

Percent parasitaemia

N

Proportion surviving

Number dissected

Oocyst infections

N

Proportion surviving

Number dissected

Oocyst infections

     

Prevalence

Intensity

   

Prevalence

Intensity

Anopheles gambiae

8.23

45

0.18

8

0

0

67

0.76

25

0.48

0.62 (0.48-0.75)

 

6.38

63

0.24

15

0.13

0.10 (0.03-0.16)

65

0.74

25

0.60

0.87 (0.72-1.02)

 

6.05

61

0.30

17

0.18

0.13 (0.06-0.20)

55

0.76

25

0.40

0.59 (0.46-0.74)

Mean

  

0.24

 

0.10

  

0.75

 

0.49

 

Anopheles stephensi

20.19

27

0.93

25

0.24

0.22 (0.14-0.30)

33

0.82

24

0.58

1.57 (1.34-1.80)

 

8.27

26

0.96

22

0.41

0.57 (0.42-0.72)

37

0.97

28

0.36

0.60 (0.43-0.78)

Mean

  

0.94

 

0.32

  

0.90

 

0.47

 
  1. N – number of mosquitoes that took an infectious blood meal.
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