Table 3.

Total number of Anopheles darlingi larvae collected from three ponds, during three collecting periods before deforestation and three periods after slash-and-burn clearing, as compared with areas in the same pond where the primary forest was not damaged (controls)

Larval count (collection period)	Pond 13 (%)	Control area 13 (%)	Pond 16 (%)	Control area 16 (%)	Pond 20 (D) (%)	Control area 20 (E) (%)
Before deforestation (August 03–January 04)	6 (31.6)	13 (68.4)	10 (23.3)	33 (76.7)	14 (63.6)	8 (36.4)
After deforestation (March 04–July 04)	0 (0)	20 (100)	2 (3.7)	52 (96.3)	2 (16.7)	10 (83.3)
Fisher's exact test P value	0.008		0.005		0.013

Fisher's exact 2-sided test significance values for each set of data are reported.