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Table 3 Estimated daily survival rates (± standard error), derived from the Gompertz model [see [49]], for female Anopheles gambiae s.s., following exposure to varying doses of oil-formulated conidia of Metarhizium anisopliae.

From: Infection of malaria (Anopheles gambiae s.s.) and filariasis (Culex quinquefasciatus) vectors with the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae

Days after exposure1

Dose (conidia/ml)

 

105

106

107

108

Control

3

0.98 (0.012)

0.93 (0.021)

0.92 (0.028)

0.93 (0.046)

0.97 (0.017)

7

0.83 (0.076)

0.73 (0.069)

0.69 (0.030)

0.51 (0.026)

0.87 (0.052)

10

0.80 (0.024)

0.77 (0.024)

0.37 (0.239)

0.22 (0.208)

0.81 (0.047)

  1. 1 Mosquitoes were 1–2 days old at the start of the experiment (day 0).