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Table 1 Mean numbers and proportions of An. stephensi mosquitoes fed on NeemAzal®-treated and control mice at each of the 5 consecutive blood meals

From: Impact of repeated NeemAzal®-treated blood meals on the fitness of Anopheles stephensi mosquitoes

Neem-Azal® dose

Blood meal

fed mosquitoes in NeemAzal®- treatment groups

Fed mosquitoes in control groups

mean n. 1)± SD 2)

% (CI 95 ) 3)

mean n. ±SD

% (CI 95 )

150 mg/kg

1

118 ± 7

86 (79–93)

117 ± 14

87 (83–90)

2

84 ± 11

89 (85–93)

92 ± 15

93 (92–94)

3

81 ± 11

91 (86–97)

82 ± 14

93 (91–95)

4

71 ± 9

85 (81–90)

81 ± 17

92 (88–96)

5

57 ± 8

85 (81–90)

71 ± 18

93 (90–96)

105 mg/kg

1

118 ± 11

82 (76–89)

118 ± 20

82 (75–89)

2

83 ± 4

92 (90–94)

82 ± 3

93 (92–94)

3

77 ± 7

90 (83–97)

72 ± 6

90 (87–94)

4

59 ± 11

81 (70–91)

70 ± 5

90 (86–93)

5

56 ± 9

82 (75–89)

64 ± 3

90 (86–94)

60 mg/kg

1

139 ± 10

80 (71–89)

117 ± 18

81 (69–93)

 

2

108 ± 10

95 (94–97)

81 ± 10

90 (85–94)

 

3

86 ± 14

91 (90–92)

72 ± 14

90 (88–92)

 

4

73 ± 12

94 (91–96)

63 ± 12

94 (92–97)

 

5

59 ± 7

92 (88–96)

54 ± 8

95 (92–97)

  1. 1)mean n. = arithmetic mean number of 4 mosquito replicate cages per treatment group; 2) ± SD = standard deviation; 3) CI95 = confidence interval at 95%.