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Table 2 Number of eggs oviposited per individual female from Kisumu strain after a single blood feeding opportunity in mosquitoes exposed to a pyriproxyfen treated net at different time points

From: Pyriproxyfen-treated bed nets reduce reproductive fitness and longevity of pyrethroid-resistant Anopheles gambiae under laboratory and field conditions

Time blood meal was offered relative to exposure

Netting type

Blood -fed (N)

No. (%) ovipositing

Mean no. eggs/mosquito

95% Confidence Interval

24 h prior

Untreated

41

36 (88%)

78.5

64.6–92.4

PPF-treated

19

0 (0%)

0

0

6 h prior

Untreated

42

34 (81%)

88.4

75.3–101.6

PPF-treated

26

0 (0%)

0

0

Immediately prior

Untreated

46

35 (76%)

58.1

39.7–76.5

PPF-treated

36

0 (0%)

0

0

24 h post

Untreated

59

48 (81%)

69.7

57.6– 81.9

PPF-treated

59

0 (0%)

0

0

  1. Mosquitoes were exposed to untreated netting or PPF-treated netting at 24 h or 6 h before, or 24 h after a blood meal was offered