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. 2017 Sep 28;11(9):e0005902. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005902

Table 3. Effect of secondary sugar-feeding on male body and seminal fluid marking.

Diet Male Body Marked Male Body Not Marked Seminal Fluid Marked Seminal Fluid Not Marked
No additional sugar-feeding 60 1 44 9
Additional sugar-feeding 61 2 47 5

Number of males Ae. aegypti with detectable body and seminal marking 96 h after feeding on rhodamine B (0.4%) for 4 days, with or without additional fluid intake during secondary sugar-feeding (50% honey, no rhodamine B). Assessment of seminal fluid marking was determined by the presence or absence of rhodamine B in the bursa and/or spermathecae of females allowed to mate with an individual male.