Table 3.

Test of effects of water availability, molecular form and body size on oocyst prevalence

Source	df	L-R Chi-square	p-value
Water availability	1	7.12	0.008
Molecular form	1	1.50	0.220
Body size	1	0.58	0.446

Nominal logistic regression (Likelihood-ratio tests presented here, n = 400) of the effects of water availability, molecular form and body size on the prevalence of oocysts detected in blood-fed An. gambiae s.s. female mosquitoes collected from huts in an area endemic for malaria and brought to the laboratory. Females were kept for 7 days with water ad-libitum or with restricted access to water before being submitted to constant desiccation until dead. Significant p-values are in bold. Interactions were non-significant.