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Table 4 Test of effects of water availability, molecular form and body size on sporozoite prevalence

From: Hydric stress-dependent effects of Plasmodium falciparum infection on the survival of wild-caught Anopheles gambiae female mosquitoes

Source

df

L-R Chi-square

p-value

Water availability

1

2.08

0.150

Molecular form

1

0.66

0.418

Body size

1

1.06

0.302

  1. Nominal logistic regression (Likelihood-ratio tests presented here, n = 430) of the effects of water availability, molecular form and body size on the prevalence of sporozoites in blood-fed An. gambiae s.s. female mosquitoes collected from huts in an area endemic for malaria and brought to the laboratory. Females were kept for seven days with water ad-libitum or with restricted access to water before being submitted to constant desiccation until dead. Interactions were non-significant.