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Table 3 Average number of emerged Wolbachia-infected Aedes aegypti male and female pupae after being irradiated at 70 Gy

From: Combined sterile insect technique and incompatible insect technique: sex separation and quality of sterile Aedes aegypti male mosquitoes released in a pilot population suppression trial in Thailand

Sex

Rep.

N

(Total no.)

Day

Average emerged mosquitoes

(Mean ± SD)

Average non-emerged mosquitoes

% emerged mosquitoes

95% CI

F

P

Male

3

1500

1

41. 67 ± 12.86

0.00 ± 0.00

8.33 ± 2.57

1.95–14.72

735.025

0.00*

   

2

369.00 ± 14.73

0.00 ± 0.00

73.80 ± 2.95

66.48–81.12

  
   

3

80.67 ± 7.77

0.00 ± 0.00

16.13 ± 1.55

12.27–19.99

  
   

4

3.33 ± 3.21

5.33 ± 4.04

0.67 ± 0.64

-0.93–2.26

  

Female

3

1500

1

13.33 ± 7.09

0.00 ± 0.00

2.67 ± 1.42

-0.86–6.19

232.464

0.00*

   

2

306.33 ± 23.44

0.00 ± 0.00

61.27 ± 4.69

49.62–72.91

  
   

3

168.00 ± 21.28

0.00 ± 0.00

33.60 ± 4.26

23.03–44.17

  
   

4

6.00 ± 1.73

6.33 ± 1.15

1.20 ± 0.35

0.34–2.06

  
  1. *Significant difference at P < 0.05