Differential effect of human ivermectin treatment on blood feeding Anopheles gambiae and Culex quinquefasciatus

Table 3 Mosquito survival on each day of the experiment in the four groups

Day	*An. gambiae*			*Cx. quinquefasciatus*
Day	No. experiments included	Mean % survival in ivermectin group*	Mean % survival in placebo group*	No. experiments included	Mean % survival in ivermectin group*	Mean % survival in placebo group*
0	15	100.0	100.0	15	100.0	100.0
1	15	93.4	99.5	15	97.1	99.9
2	15	52.3	97.2	15	95.7	98.4
3	15	33.8	95.6	15	93.5	97.8
4	15	21.2	94.2	15	92.8	97.8
5	15	13.3	92.6	15	91.7	96.7
6	15	10.3	91.3	13	89.6	95.3
7	13	7.0	87.6	13	88.9	94.9
8	6	6.0	86.8	13	85.5	89.8
9	2	5.0	88.0	13	83.6	88.0
10	1	0.0	80.0	13	80.4	86.4
11	1	0.0	80.0	12	75.1	85.7
12	1	0.0	80.0	9	80.3	86.4

Calculated as mean of % survival in the individual experiments. For each of the two species, results from experiments were excluded when mortality in the placebo group exceeded 20%.
*Mean for included experiments.

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