Figure 3

Fecundity and hatch rate for wMel-infected A. aegypti fed on diets incorporating infant formula and RBC. Mel mosquitoes were fed whole human blood (WB), or MC protein 125 mg/mL (MC) as control diets. These were compared against two diets that included Alfaré infant formula; FA (15 mg/mL) and FB diets (25 mg/mL), and two further diets that included formula at the same concentrations and 1 mL of Human RBC (FAR and FBR). The FA and FB diets had slightly increased fecundity (a), however hatch rates (b) were not improved over the MC diet. The FAR and FBR diets had significantly greater levels of fecundity than WB, and the FAR diet had a similar hatch rate. Data were compared using Kruskal-Wallis ANOVA, and Dunn’s multiple comparisons test. Different letter codes represent statistically significant differences between treatments. Box - median and interquartile range. Whiskers - minimum and maximum.