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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Acta Trop. 2017 Aug 30;176:263–269. doi: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2017.08.027

Figure 2. Mosquito infection as a function of varying asexual (A) to gametocyte (G) ratio.

Figure 2

An. stephensi (As) (panel A), An. freeborni (Af) (panel B) and An. gambiae (Ag) (panel C) mosquitoes were given a blood meal consisting of fixed 0.3% gametocytes (G) alone or combined with varying concentrations of asexual parasites: 0.3% asexual combination group represented as G+A; 0.6% asexual combination group as G+2A; and 1.2% asexual combination as G+4A along the X-axis. The number of oocysts per mosquito midgut are shown for each group. The horizontal lines represent the mean ± SEM. Panel D shows comparative results pooled for four independent feeds for G versus G+4A groups in An. gambiae. The oocyst numbers in G+4A group were significantly lower (84%) as compared to G alone group (Mann Whitney, p<0.0001).