Table 2 Fecundity rates of mosquitoes of different species fed via either the PTFE-membrane based artificial feeding method (AF) or the direct host feeding method (DHF)
Mosquito species | Artificial feeding (AF) (No. eggs/mosquito) | Direct human feeding (DHF) (No. eggs/mosquito) | Paired t-test |
|---|---|---|---|
Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | ||
Anopheles arabiensis | 8.82 ± 7.02 | 8.02 ± 5.81 | t(9) = 1.1664, P = 0.273 |
Anopheles gambiae | 6.49 ± 2.90 | 7.32 ± 5.15 | t(7) = 0.4959, P = 0.635 |
Aedes aegypti | 13.14 ± 1.65 | 12.80 ± 1.00 | t(3) = 1.0091, P = 0.387 |