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Table 2 Transmission blocking activity of Azadirachta indica and Guiera senegalensis extracts at 250 ppm (initial screening dosage) on Plasmodium falciparum oocyst

From: Transmission blocking activity of Azadirachta indica and Guiera senegalensis extracts on the sporogonic development of Plasmodium falciparum field isolates in Anopheles coluzzii mosquitoes

Blood sample number

Gametocytes per μL blood

Treatment*and concentration

Prevalence of infected mosquitoes% (infected/total examined)

Number of oocysts/mosquito (CI95)

1

56

control

53 (10/19)

1.79 (0.30-3.28)

  

NA 250 ppm

0 (0/22)

0.00

control

58 (15/26)

3.23 (1.34-5.12)

NA 250 ppm

0 (0/15)

0.00

9

64

control

71 (39/55)

7.15 (5.10-9.19)

NLA 250 ppm

20 (09/44)

0.32 (0.09-0.54)

13

64

control

54 (21/39)

1.95 (0.87-3.02)

NLA 250 ppm

12 (05/42)

0.26 (0.00-0.52)

4

128

control

55 (18/33)

1.91 (0.91-2.91)

NLA 250 ppm

35 (08/23)

0.57 (0.14-0.99)

10

232

control

76 (32/42)

15.69 (10.82-20.56)

NLA 250 ppm

76 (13/22)

1.36 (0.54-2.19)

13

64

control

45 (15/33)

1.39 (0.59-2.20)

NLE 250 ppm

42 (13/43)

2.67 (1.35-4.00)

5

216

control

53 (09/17)

18.88 (4.26-33.50)

NLE 250 ppm

65 (15/23)

27.83 (10.20-39.45)

10

232

control

71 (35/49)

10.61 (7.16-14.06)

NLE 250 ppm

84 (31/37)

20.92 (14.50-27.34)

18

88

control

56 (14/25)

2.28 (0.58-3.98)

NFA 250 ppm

10 (03/30)

0.20 (0.00-0.45)

3

120

control

67 (32/48)

3.69 (2.28-5.09)

NFA 250 ppm

41 (29/70)

1.84 (1.03-2.65)

14

416

control

66 (31/32)

63.59 (37.99-89.19)

NFA 250 ppm

88 (30/34)

88.15 (60.08-116.21)

8

96

control

61 (25/41)

1.90 (1.11-2.70)

GS 250 ppm

58 (21/36)

2.14 (1.05-3.23)

2

104

control

58 (21/36)

6.67 (3.74-9.59)

GS 250 ppm

41 (09/22)

2.05 (0.63-3.46)

7

112

control

71 (27/38)

2.71 (1.55-3.87)

  

GS 250 ppm

71 (36/51)

4.61 (3.14-6.07)

  1. *NA: NeemAzal®; NLA: neem leaves EtOAc extract; NLE: neem leaves EtOH extract; NFA: neem fruits EtOAc extract; GS: Guiera senegalensis stem gall EtOAc extract.