Table 2.

Analysis of parasite and gametocyte growth traits of Plasmodium chabaudi in mice probed by Anopheles stephensi. (Growth characteristics were analysed according to Eisen & Schall (2000).)

	control	25 mosquitoes	50 mosquitoes
meana time to first parasite (days)	1.33±0.33	0.67±0.33	1.33±0.33
mean time to peak parasitaemia (days)	10.00±1.00	8.33±0.33	7.67±0.67
mean duration of parasite increase (days)	8.67±1.20	6.67±0.33	6.00±1.00
mean rate of parasite increase (percentage per day)	1.35b±0.26	1.55±0.23	2.39b±0.34
mean time to first gametocyte (days)	6.00a,b±0.58	3.33a±0.33	3.33b±0.33
mean time to peak gametocyte rate (days)	12.33a,b±0.33	10.00a±0.00	10.33b±0.33
mean duration of gametocyte increase (days)	6.33±0.33	6.67±0.33	7.00±0.58
mean rate of gametocyte increase (proportion per day)	1.41±0.21	1.10±0.31	1.70±0.21

^aMeans=arithmetic mean±s.d.

^bNumbers with the same letters in the same rows are significantly different from one another, Student's t-test, p<0.05.