Table 6

Analysis of determinants of female survival during the desiccation challenge

Source

df

L-R Chi-square

p-value

Water availability

1

0.85

0.356

Molecular form

1

9.63

0.002

Body size

1

3.87

0.049

Oocyst(s) presence

1

7.59

0.006

Sporozoites presence

1

0.01

0.924

Proportional hazards survival analysis (Likelihood-ratio tests presented here, n = 318) of the effects of water availability, molecular form, body size, and presence of oocysts and/or sporozoites on the survival (time of death) of blood-fed An. gambiae s.s. female mosquitoes collected from huts in an area endemic for malaria and brought to the laboratory. Females were subjected to continuous desiccation till death following a 7-day period either with water ad libitum or with restricted access to water. Significant p-values are in bold. Interactions were non-significant.

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