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Table 1 Hatch rate (mean ± SE) of Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus eggs in three hatching media (BB: bacterial broth, DW: deionized water, BDW: boiled deionized water during 72h after egg immersion

From: Standard operating procedures for standardized mass rearing of the dengue and chikungunya vectors Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) - II - Egg storage and hatching

 

Egg age (d)

Hatch rate (%)

BB

DW

BDW

Ae. aegypti

7

95.32 ± 1.14

0.42 ± 0.10

74.31 ± 1.40

15

91.87 ± 1.23

0.10 ± 0.10

52.15 ± 1.88

Ae. albopictus

7

89.66 ± 0.42

1.68 ± 0.20

9.43 ± 1.03

15

90.31 ± 0.88

0.39 ± 0.27

5.25 ± 0.60

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Parasites & Vectors

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