Table 2 Percentage blood-fed nulliparous and parous Ae. aegypti offered either blood meals only or both blood and sugar meals in the same cage
From: Sugar and blood: the nutritional priorities of the dengue vector, Aedes aegypti
Parity status | Feeding preference | N | n | Percentage fed [95% CI] | OR | 95% CI | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nulliparous | Blood-fed in a cage with only blood meal | 10 | 389 | 99.0 [98.0–99.9] | 1 | – |  |
Blood-fed in a cage with sugar and blood meal | 10 | 385 | 85.0 [76.5–93.5] | 0.06 | 0.02–0.16 | < 0.001 | |
Parous | Blood-fed in a cage with only blood meal | 10 | 427 | 73.3[60.7–85.9] | 1 | – |  |
Blood-fed in a cage with sugar and blood meal | 10 | 443 | 67.8[54.8–80.8] | 0.80 | 0.57–1.03 | 0.08 |