Table 4.

Plasmodium vivax oocyst growth in Anopheles dirus and A. minimus mosquitoes during late sporogony. Values indicate mean oocyst diameters (μm) with 95% confidence intervals in parentheses and accompanying letters signifying statistically significant differences in mean diameters.

Day	7	9	10	12	14	16	18	20	22
Oocyst Diameter (μm)	27 c (22–32)	31 c (27–35)	34 c (31–36)	49 b (46–51)	58 a (55–61)	58 a (55–62)	55 ab (52–58)	53 ab (46–60)	52 ab (42–63)
No. Mosq.	13	12	28	58	64	57	47	24	15

*Different letters indicate significant differences in oocyst diameter (Tukey post-hoc test, p < 0.05).