FIG. 7.

Ingestion of anti-CBAg1 antibodies reduces A. gambiae reproductive capacity. Groups of 50 mosquitoes were given a first blood meal composed of human red blood cells mixed with human AB serum and serial dilutions of anti-CPBAg1 serum starting at a 1/2 dilution (S1/2, S1/4, S1/8) or serial dilutions of a pool of naive rabbit serum (P1/2, P1/4, P1/8). After egg laying, mosquitoes received a second blood meal composed of human red blood cells mixed with human AB serum. Fecundity was estimated as the number of larvae hatching from the first and second egg batches corresponding to the first and second blood meals, respectively. Bars indicate standard deviations from four independent biological replicates.