Table 1.

Phenotypic analysis of Pf p52⁻ and Pf p36⁻-deficient sporozoites and liver stages

Parasite line	Salivary gland sporozoites per mosquito	Motility assay*	Invasion assay†	Liver-stage parasite abundance‡
Pf WT	45,233 ± 24,624	1.00	1.00	1.00
Pf p52−	57,162 ± 7,535	0.92 ± 0.11	1.04 ± 0.07	0.70 ± 0.11
Pf p36−	67,667 ± 29,365	0.92 ± 0.13	1.00 ± 0.13	0.65 ± 0.10

*Determined by counting CS protein sporozoite trails.

^†Sporozoite invasion of HC-04 cells.

^‡Determined at 72 h after infection.