Table 1.
Time until 50 and 80% Plasmodium chabaudi cumulative parasitaemia and gametocyte rate in mice probed by Anopheles stephensi.
| time (days) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| control | 25 mosquitoes | 50 mosquitoes | ||
| cumulative parasitaemia | 50%a | 9.26 (8.30–0.33) | 7.62 (6.62–8.76) | 8.06 (7.03–9.25) |
| 80%a | 11.80 (10.58–13.17) | 10.23 (8.89–11.77) | 10.81 (9.43–12.41) | |
| cumulative gametocyte rate | 50%a | 11.84 (10.83–13.11) | 9.37 (8.19–10.70) | 9.84 (8.68–11.15) |
| 80%a | 14.96 (13.46–16.63) | 12.52 (10.95–14.31) | 12.81 (11.30–14.52) | |
a
Times to 50% and 80% maximum of the cumulative parasitaemia and proportion of infected cells at the gametocyte stage were calculated using probit analysis of the cumulative curves.