Table 1.

Quantification of Plasmodium gallinaceum ookinete migration and invasion of Aedes aegypti midguts

Event	Mean ± standard deviation	Range (min–max)	Time or number of events
Movement through MN, μm/min*	1.9	0–10.8	96.0 min
Movement on cell surface, μm/min†	15.1	0–85.2	91.8 min
Time for complete invasion, min‡	1.3 ± 1.8	0.35–8.3	17 events¶
Time for refractive index change, min§	1.0 ± 1.4	0–4.6	18 events¶

^*With one or more constrictions. 

^† Without constrictions. 

^‡Elapsed time between onset of penetration and complete interiorization. 

^§Elapsed time between onset of penetration and refractive index change of midgut cell. 

^¶ The number of events used for quantification is lower than total number observed because some parameters were not recorded continuously in a small number of events.