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Table 3 Mean number of eggs per mosquito fed on ivermectin treated and non-treated volunteers at different feeding times

From: The effect of ivermectin® on fertility, fecundity and mortality of Anopheles arabiensis fed on treated men in Ethiopia

Feeding day

Exposure

Mosquito N

Mean no. eggs/ovary

95% CI for mean

P-value

Lower bound

Upper bound

7DAT

Treatment

80

42.24

31.74

52.73

< 0.001

Control

40

110.05

66.85

153.25

10DAT

Treatment

80

94.99

84.98

105

0.04

Control

40

112.35

46.91

177.79

13DAT

Treatment

80

114.6

110.31

118.89

0.34

Control

40

110.85

52.4

169.3

  1. Feeding day: the day when An. arabiensis mosquitoes took a bloodmeal from ivermectin treated or control volunteers after drug administration
  2. SD standard deviation, SE standard error, CI confidence interval, N number of gravid An. arabiensis
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Malaria Journal

ISSN: 1475-2875

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