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Table 3 Test of effects of water availability, molecular form and body size on oocyst 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

7.12

0.008

Molecular form

1

1.50

0.220

Body size

1

0.58

0.446

  1. Nominal logistic regression (Likelihood-ratio tests presented here, n = 400) of the effects of water availability, molecular form and body size on the prevalence of oocysts detected 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 7 days with water ad-libitum or with restricted access to water before being submitted to constant desiccation until dead. Significant p-values are in bold. Interactions were non-significant.