Table 1.
An. stephensi species |
Mouse | Prevalence of infection |
Arithmetic mean of oocysts |
Arithmetic mean of oocysts per group |
Probability (P=0.05) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BEECH | 1 | 5.3% | 16±11 (n=23) | 14 | P=0.41 |
2 | 8% | 15±12 (n=25) | |||
3 | 9.2% | 13±10 (n=30) | |||
4 | 7.8% | 14±11 (n=29) | |||
DUBS-R | 1 | 5.3% | 20±18 (n=27) | 16 | |
2 | 8% | 16±18 (n=28) | |||
3 | 9.2% | 14±9 (n=25) | |||
4 | 7.8% | 13±9 (n=35) |
Each replicate experiment used different batches of 25 mosquitoes from each strain, which were fed on the same infected mouse (1–4). The probability indicating whether the number of oocysts in the midgut of each strain are similar was determined by Student's t-test.