TABLE 1.
Combined 7-day survival of adult and immature C. lectularius fed antimicrobials
| Stage | No. surviving/total (%) feda
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| Penicillinb | Rifampinb | Doxycyclinec | Blood | |
| Nymph | 34/36 (94.4) | 38/40 (95) | 1/55 (1.8)* | 41/44 (93.2) |
| Adult | 32/32 (100) | 34/34 (100) | 12/34 (35.3)* | 40/42 (95.2) |
a
Antimicrobials were administered at 250 μg/ml. *, statistically significant difference relative to the blood-only control (P < 0.0001).
b
Two replicates of 15 to 20 insects per group.
c
Three replicates of 10 to 23 insects per group.