Malaria Journal

Table 3 Effects of storage of An. gambiae s.s. eggs on larval survivorship from larval to adult stage

From: The impact of Anopheles gambiae egg storage for mass rearing and production success

Eggs storage period	Hatching density (n)	Larval survivorship (%)
		Survival l1 to pupal		Survival L1 to pupal
		Freshly laid	Stored eggs	Freshly laid	Stored eggs
5 days	40	92.9 ± 1.49	91.2 ± 1.01	91.5 ± 1.49	91.2 ± 1.01
	80	93.1 ± 0.76	90.6 ± 1.14	91.6 ± 0.76	90.6 ± 1.14
	120	91.1 ± 1.72	89.6 ± 1.32	92.6 ± 1.72	87.6 ± 1.43
10 days	40	91.7 ± 0.82	78.6 ± 1.93	91.7 ± 0.82	77.3 ± 1.04
	80	90.4 ± 0.82	81.6 ± 0.97	90.4 ± 0.82	81.6 ± 0.97
	120	91.1 ± 1.37	79.5 ± 1.53	91.1 ± 1.37	79.5 ± 1.53
15 days	40	91.7 ± 1.03^dx	18.8 ± 1.34	91.7 ± 1.03^dx	18.8 ± 1.34
	80	91.5 ± 1.09^dx	17.2 ± 0.67	91.5 ± 1.09^dx	17.2 ± 0.67
	120	92.2 ± 1.03^dx	19.4 ± 1.84	92.2 ± 1.03^dx	19.4 ± 1.84

^(dx)Letters superscripts indicates that values in respective rows are significantly different at P < 0.05 by Kaplan–Meier test

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