Plasmodium relictum infection in Culex quinquefasciatus (Culicidae) decreases diel flight activity but increases peak dusk flight activity

Table 1 Variable statistics for the best fit negative binomial GLMM with the response variable as continuous Cx. quinquefasciatus flight activity across by 30 min bins across the 8 days of study

Variable	Estimate	SE	Z value	p-value
Intercept	– 1.046	0.306	– 3.417	< 0.001
Infection status (Control)	0.563	0.270	2.082	0.038
Dusk (True)	3.880	0.225	17.252	< 0.001
Dawn (True)	2.296	0.119	19.350	< 0.001
Period of observation (Late)	0.917	0.110	8.359	< 0.001
Nonpeak (True)	– 0.290	0.084	– 3.433	< 0.001
Infection status (Control) * Dusk (True)	– 0.754	0.296	– 2.545	0.011
Infection status (Control) * Period (Late)	– 0.261	0.141	– 1.858	0.063
Dusk (True) * Period (Late)	– 0.631	0.321	– 1.964	0.049
Infection status (Control) * Dusk (True) * Period (Late)	– 0.060	0.422	0.142	0.887

Variables in bold represent statistically significant variables within the model. Asterisks represent an interaction within the model. Words in parentheses are the reference variable

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