Oviposition responses of Aedes mosquitoes to bacterial isolates from attractive bamboo infusions

Parasites & Vectors

Table 2 Results of sticky-screen bioassays of Ae. aegypti and Ae. albopictus, showing mean attraction and repellent responses to various cell densities of a mix of 14 bacterial species

Density (cells/mL)	No. of assays^a	% of responders		SE^b(%)	t-value	P-value^c	Not responding % (±SE^b)
Density (cells/mL)	No. of assays^a	Treatment	Control	SE^b(%)	t-value	P-value^c	Not responding % (±SE^b)
Ae. aegypti
10⁹	18	32	68	8.4	−3.78	0.0015	35 (9.6)
10⁸	18	74	26	7.3	5.31	0.0001	22 (7.3)
10⁷	18	72	28	7.3	4.99	0.0001	20 (6.1)
10⁶	18	55	45	8.5	1.05	0.3080	28 (7.1)
Ae. albopictus
10⁹	18	55	45	7.95	1.15	0.2664	18 (6.6)
10⁸	18	72	28	6.99	5.39	0.0001	11 (3.7)
10⁷	18	68	32	7.31	4.29	0.0005	11 (4.7)
10⁶	18	54	46	8.31	0.85	0.4069	22 (5.8)

^aEach assay consisted of 10 gravid females
^bSE = Error represents half-width of a 95 % confidence intervals of the mean (SEM X 1.96)
^cSignificant P-value (P < 0.05) with positive t-value indicates attraction, whereas a negative t-value indicates repellence

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