Fig 2. Association between gametocyte density and season.

Gametocyte density, as predicted by the best-fit model, is significantly higher in the pre-clinical season compared to the transmission-free season and transmission season 2. Error bars represent the standard error of the mean. Gametocyte density is presented in arbitrary units, denoted as μL blood_RNA and is not directly comparable to total parasite density due to differences in sample processing and normalization to different WBC calibration curves.