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Table 2 Average number of post-parasitic nematodes emerging per larval An. gambiae treated in laboratory

From: Efficacy of the mermithid nematode, Romanomermis iyengari, for the biocontrol of Anopheles gambiae, the major malaria vector in sub-Saharan Africa

Infectious nematodes concentration (J2 per larva)

Mean number ± SD of post-parasitic nematodes emerging per larva at each larval stage

L1

L2

L3

10

0

7.6 ± 3.2

6.8 ± 4.4

5

0

4.7 ± 3.3

4.15 ± 2.3

  1. Abbreviation: SD, standard deviation