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Table 4 Percentage of female contamination after mechanical sex separation, comparing the first and the second twelve weeks of intervention

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

Replicate

No. sampling sterile males

% female contamination

(Mean ± SD)

95% CI

df

t

P

12

38,253

0.11 ± 0.13

0.004–0.169

11

2.317

0.041*

12

84,322

0.02 ± 0.02

    
  1. *significant difference at P  < 0.05
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Parasites & Vectors

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