Table 2.

Median survival times (MST ± SE) of A. gambiae s.s. exposed to M. anisopliae ICIPE-30 and B. bassiana I93-825 when non-blood-fed and 3, 12, 38, and 72 h since blood feeding

Fungus species	Blood-feeding status before exposure (no. of hours)	MST ± SE (days)		P value
		Control	Treatment
M. anisopliae ICIPE-30	Unfed	14 ± 0.56	7 ± 0.41	<0.001
	3	14 ± 0.70	7 ± 0.46	<0.001
	12	18 ± 0.06	9 ± 0.50	<0.001
	36	18 ± 0.76	9 ± 0.46	<0.001
	72	16 ± 0.81	9 ± 0.70	<0.001
B. bassiana I93-825	Unfed	14 ± 0.56	7 ± 0.22	<0.001
	3	14 ± 0.70	8 ± 0.41	<0.001
	12	18 ± 0.06	10 ± 0.57	<0.001
	36	18 ± 0.76	10 ± 0.46	<0.001
	72	16 ± 0.81	10 ± 0.32	<0.001