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

Table 2 Variable statistics for the best fit binomial GLMM with the response variable as Cx. quinquefasciatus mosquitoes did or did not take flight during by 30 min bins across the 8 days of study

Variable	Estimate	SE	Z value	p-value
Intercept	– 3.046	0.185	– 16.447	< 0.001
Infection status (Control)	0.318	0.145	2.177	0.030
Dusk (True)	2.616	0.097	26.928	< 0.001
Dawn (True)	0.460	0.073	6.293	< 0.001
Period of observation (Late)	1.090	0.055	19.831	< 0.001
Infection status (Control) * Dusk (True)	– 0.080	0.129	– 0.616	0.538
Infection status (Control) * Period (Late)	0.009	0.090	– 0.095	0.924
Dusk (True) * Period (Late)	– 0.369	0.144	– 2.562	0.010
Infection Status (Control) * Dusk (True) * Period (Late)	– 0.053	0.187	– 0.284	0.776

Variables in bold represent statistically significant variables within the model. Asterisks represent an interaction within the model. Words in parentheses are the specific variable type (i.e. Infected or Control)

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