Table 2. The effect of nitric oxide synthase activity on the number of oocysts developing in the midgut of An. stephensi mosquitoes.
Treatment | Mosquitoes surviving after day 12 post-infection | †Oocysts/gut (± SEM) | P-value |
Control | 48/50 | 44.60 (1.62) | NS |
D-NAME | 46/50 | 40.37 (1.54) | NS |
L-NAME | 49/50 | 85.91 (5.81) | 0.001* |
Oocysts developing on the midgut were counted on day 12 post-infection.
*Significantly different from the control, untreated group.