Fig. 2.

Effect of TEP1 silencing in R A. gambiae (L3-5 strain) females on P. falciparum (7G8) infection. R females were injected with dsLacZ control or dsTEP1 3 d before feeding on a P. falciparum (7G8) gametocyte culture, and midgut infection was assessed 8 d postfeeding. (A) Mercurochrome staining of midguts. (B) Live and melanized parasites on individual mosquito midguts. The medians are indicated with red lines. (C) Proportion of live (orange) and melanized (black) parasites. (D) Prevalence of mosquito infection. All gene silencing phenotypes were confirmed in two or three independent experiments.