Table 2 Fecundity rate and number of eggs produced of infected and control mosquitoes for each Anopheles gambiae strain.

From: Interactive cost of Plasmodium infection and insecticide resistance in the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae

Insecticide resistance

One Blood Meal

Two blood Meals

Infection group

Strain

Fecundity rate

p-value (compared to Kisumu)

Fecundity

p-value (compared to Kisumu)

Fecundity rate

p-value (compared to Kisumu)

Fecundity

p-value (compared to Kisumu)

Control

Kisumu

0.490 (0.072)

49.50 (6.79)

0.668 (0.080)

63.85 (8.61)

Acerkis

0.278 (0.059)

0.001

61.14 (9.39)

0.159

0.644 (0.074)

0.762

61.92 (8.00)

0.828

Kdrkis

0.277 (0.060)

0.001

50.73 (8.06)

0.874

0.455 (0.082)

0.013

58.92 (8.23)

0.579

Infected

Kisumu

0.594 (0.075)

51.49 (7.47)

0.657 (0.081)

50.68 (7.09)

Acerkis

0.405 (0.075)

0.045

47.34 (7.11)

0.585

0.706 (0.070)

0.518

45.13 (5.71)

0.388

Kdrkis

0.339 (0.073)

0.002

64.76 (10.74)

0.164

0.442 (0.076)

0.008

47.94 (6.35)

0.707

P. falciparum infection

One Blood Meal

Two blood Meals

Strain

Infection group

Fecundity rate

p -value (compared to Control)

Fecundity

p -value (compared to Control)

Fecundity rate

p -value (compared to Control)

Fecundity

p -value (compared to Control)

Kisumu

Control

0.490 (0.072)

49.50 (6.79)

0.668 (0.080)

63.85 (8.61)

Infected

0.594 (0.075)

0.152

51.49 (7.47)

0.784

0.657 (0.081)

0.903

50.68 (7.09)

0.119

Acerkis

Control

0.278 (0.059)

61.14 (9.39)

0.644 (0.074)

61.92 (8.00)

Infected

0.405 (0.075)

0.055

47.34 (7.11)

0.086

0.706 (0.070)

0.356

45.13 (5.71)

0.007

Kdrkis

Control

0.277 (0.060)

50.73 (8.06)

0.455 (0.082)

58.92 (8.23)

Infected

0.339 (0.073)

0.345

64.76 (10.74)

0.152

0.442 (0.076)

0.861

47.94 (6.35)

0.141

  1. Estimates were compared between strains to assess the effect of insecticide resistance and between control and infected for each strain separately. Difference was tested using post-hoc tests with a Bonferroni correction.