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Table 5 Comparison of meal sizes of mosquitoes fed on five different solvents with blood fed group as the reference

From: A field bioassay for assessing ivermectin bio-efficacy in wild malaria vectors

Meal type

n

Mean

Sd

Estimate

95% CI

p-value

Bloodfed

96

2.18 mg

0.64

Ref

  

Unfed

98

0.82 mg

0.27

0.26 mg

0.22, 0.30 mg

 < 0.001

Sugar fed

95

0.93 mg

0.32

0.29 mg

0.25, 0.33 mg

 < 0.001

BS 1:1

92

0.95 mg

0.43

0.29 mg

0.25, 0.34 mg

 < 0.001

BS 1:2

92

0.96 mg

0.38

0.29 mg

0.25, 0.34 mg

 < 0.001

BS 1:4

93

1.12 mg

0.39

0.34 mg

0.29, 0.40 mg

 < 0.001

BS 1:8

92

1.27 mg

0.57

0.39 mg

0.34, 0.48 mg

 < 0.001

  1. n total number of mosquitoes per group, BS blood to glucose ratio, Sd standard deviation
  2. Linear regression to compare relationship between meal sizes using weight estimates of mosquitoes fed from the five solvents for each experimental group with blood fed group as the reference group
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Malaria Journal

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