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Table 1 Sugar feeding preference of Anopheles arabiensis to different fruit juices containing 0.01% ivermectin compared to 10% sugar solution with 0.01% ivermectin

From: The development of an ivermectin-based attractive toxic sugar bait (ATSB) to target Anopheles arabiensis

Concoction

N

n

OR

95% CI

P value

10% sucrose solution

8

304

1

–

–

Banana

8

291

0.33

(0.21–0.50)

0.001***

Papaya

8

296

0.52

(0.29–0.92)

0.026*

Tomato

8

318

0.51

(0.31–0.83)

0.007**

Mango

8

303

0.36

(0.22–0.57)

0.001***

Orange

8

337

1.02

(0.56–1.87)

0.951

Guava

8

315

0.63

(0.40–0.98)

0.042*

Watermelon

8

302

0.70

(0.37–1.35)

0.289

  1. Statistically significant at * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001
  2. N number of replicates, n total number of mosquitoes, OR odds ratio, and 95% OR-CI 95% confidence interval or odds ratio
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Malaria Journal

ISSN: 1475-2875

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