Figure 1. Lectin activity for the SGH of Anophelinae mosquitoes, but not for other genus.

(A) SGH from An. gambiae (male and female), An. stephensi, An. freeborni, An. dirus, An. albimanus, Ae. aegypti, Culex quinquefasciatus, Phlebotomus duboscqi, Lutzomyia longipalpis, were serially diluted followed by addition of O-type RBC. Two preparations of female An. gambiae SGH were tested. (B) Quantification of lectin activity. U/assay was given as 1/n, where n is the maximum dilution promoting agglutination presented in (A) ND, not detected. (C) Species-specificity. SGH of An. gambiae was tested in RBC from human, horse, sheep, goat, pig, cow, rat guinea pig, and chicken.