Table 3.
Reproductive effects on surviving blood-fed susceptible An. gambiae Kisumu from tunnel tests.
| Control | PPF Net | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Unwashed | Washed 20 × | ||
| N alive blood-fed observed | 35 | 31 | 19 |
| N laying | 24 | 0 | 5 |
| %Laying | 69 | 0 | 26 |
| N eggs | 2,176 | 0 | 204 |
| N larvae | 948 | 0 | 54 |
| Hatch rate (%) | 44 | – | 26 |
| Eggs/female laying | 91 | – | 41 |
| Egg/females observed | 62 | 0 | 11 |
| Larvae/female observed | 27 | 0 | 3 |
| %Oviposition inhibition | – | 100 | 79 |
| %Reduction in fecundity | – | 100 | 82 |
| %Reduction in offspring | – | 100 | 89 |