Figure 6.
Plasmodium load in An. stephensi and An. gambiae mosquitoes challenged with Asaia. Evaluation of Plasmodium load has been performed at two time-points (three and five days after infected blood meal) in both An. stephensi (A) and An. gambiae (B). In the y axes the relative abundance of Plasmodium compared to the reference gene RpS7 is reported. Symbols in the plot represent individual mosquitoes (n = 9 per group of two experimental replicates, in total 18 mosquitoes) with horizontal lines indicating the medians (m). Statistical analysis was calculated with One-way ANOVA test and Dunn post-hoc test. **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001.