Table 4.

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

Source	df	L-R Chi-square	p-value
Water availability	1	2.08	0.150
Molecular form	1	0.66	0.418
Body size	1	1.06	0.302

Nominal logistic regression (Likelihood-ratio tests presented here, n = 430) of the effects of water availability, molecular form and body size on the prevalence of sporozoites 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 seven days with water ad-libitum or with restricted access to water before being submitted to constant desiccation until dead. Interactions were non-significant.