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Table 1 Efficacy of conventional ovaries dilaceration for determination of the number of egg-laying in Anopheles gambiae s.s

From: Application of Polovodova’s method for the determination of physiological age and relationship between the level of parity and infectivity of Plasmodium falciparum in Anopheles gambiae s.s, south-eastern Benin

Age

Sample

Nb conformity

Total mosquito

% conformity

OR

IC-95%(OR)

P

p0

Control

50

200

25

1.00

-

-

CDT

38

200

19

0.70

[0.44-1.13]

0.184

p1

Control

50

200

25

1.00

-

-

CDT

42

200

21

0.79

[0.50-1.27]

0.406

p2

Control

50

200

25

1.00

-

-

CDT

7

200

3,5

0.11

[0.04-0.25]

<0.0001

p3

Control

50

200

25

1.00

  

CDT

1

200

0,5

0.02

[0.002-0.01]

<0.0001

  1. CDT: Conventional ovaries dilaceration technique, p0: nulliparous, p1: uniparous, p2: biparous, p3: triparous, Nb: number, IC: Confidence interval, p: p-value, OR: odds ratio.
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