Analysing the oviposition behaviour of malaria mosquitoes: design considerations for improving two-choice egg count experiments

Table 2 Evaluation of egg laying periodicity in caged Anopheles gambiae s.s. (Mbita strain)

	N (exposed)	n (responded)	Percentage of mosquitoes that laid eggs (95% CI)	P value
Duration after blood meal (cups left overnight) (h)
48	200	75	33 (32–35)	<0.001
72	150	122	81 (71–93)	<0.001
Egg laying period (72 h after blood meal)
17:00–21:30	150	114	96 (94–100)	<0.001
21:30–08:00		3	3 (2–5)
Both periods		2	2 (1–4)
Skip oviposition (72 h after blood meal)
17:00–21:30	31	28	90 (89–96)	<0.001
21:30–08:00		1	3 (2–5)
Both periods		2	6 (5–7)

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