Exposure of the mosquito vector Culex pipiens to the malaria parasite Plasmodium relictum: effect of infected blood intake on immune and antioxidant defences, fecundity and survival

Table 1 Sample sizes of female (♀) mosquitoes obtained at the end of all the feeding sessions

♀ Fed on:		Exposure level	Total	Died naturally	Sacrificed
Bird group	Bird parasitaemia				At 5 dpf	At 15 dpf
Uninfected	none	no exposure	156	85	36	35
Chronic	low	low exposure	199	119	40	40
Acute	high	high exposure	162	83	40	39
♀ which did not take a blood meal		no exposure	64	0	64

Sample sizes are given for females fed on the different bird groups (with corresponding parasiteamia and exposure level) and for unfed females. For each exposure level, the total sample size, as well as the sample size of females which died naturally and females which were sacrificed at 5 and at 15 days post-feeding (dpf, 0 dpf for unfed females) are given

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