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Table 5 Analysis of determinants of female survival during 7-day stress period

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

0.02

0.881

Molecular form

1

0.52

0.473

Body size

1

0.78

0.378

Oocyst(s) presence

1

0.85

0.357

Sporozoites presence

1

0.03

0.859

  1. Proportional hazards survival analysis (Likelihood-ratio tests presented here, n = 82) of the effects of water availability, molecular form, body size, and presence of oocysts and/or sporozoites on the survival (time of death) of 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. Interactions were non-significant.