Table 3 Number of blood-fed mosquitoes and number of eggs produced after different blood meals after feeding through PPF-treated and untreated netting, in mosquitoes from Kisumu strain
Netting Type | 1st Blood meal | 2nd Blood meal | 3rd Blood meal | 4th Blood meal | 5th Blood meal | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. blood-fed / Total (%) | No. of eggs | No. blood -fed | No. of eggs | No. blood -fed | No. of eggs | No. blood-fed | No. of eggs | No. blood-fed | No. of eggs | |
Untreated | 107 / 112 (96%) | 4,218 | 49 | 4,269 | 43 | 3,022 | 20 | 1,525 | 17 | 1,514 |
PPF-treated | 91 / 91 (100%) | 654 | 59 | 287 | 25 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |