Exposure of the mosquito vector Culex pipiens to the malaria parasite Plasmodium relictum: effect of infected blood intake on immune and antioxidant defences, fecundity and survival.

1 ) and tended to decrease with increasing exposure level ( P = 0.064): females under high exposure had lower probability to lay than females under low exposure ( P = 0.010) but there was a marginally significant difference between females under high exposure and unexposed females due to higher variation in the unexposed group ( P = 0.066, Table 2 , Fig. 2a ).

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