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. 2015 Jan 28;14:22. doi: 10.1186/s12936-014-0526-x

Table 2.

Summary of Plasmodium falciparum sporozoite prevalence

Exposure day Fungal treatment Proportion infectious (N)
Day 8 Fungus 0.28 (39)
Control 0.32 (84)
Day 11 Fungus 0.33 (43)
Control 0.38 (34)

The proportion infectious An. stephensi mosquitoes is equal to the number of mosquitoes with successful sporozoite invasion of the salivary glands divided by the total number of mosquitoes dissected (N).