Table 1 Evaluation of infected A. albimanus mosquitoes fed on sucrose solution with or without supplemented PABA and Pen/Strep. In total 14 infections were performed with mosquitoes fed on sugar (3 of these resulted in no infected midguts) and 20 infections with mosquitoes fed on PAPA+Pen/Strep. During each infection between 50 and 250 mosquitoes were investigated. Data shown are mean ± standard deviation.
From: Using green fluorescent malaria parasites to screen for permissive vector mosquitoes
Sugar | Sugar with PABA+Pen/Strep | |
|---|---|---|
Infected mosquitoes Range, number of infections | 3.9 ± 4.3% 0 – 16.6%, n = 14 | 19.2 ± 9.7% 4.4 – 44%, n = 20 |
% of infected midguts with < 5 oocysts | 80.3 ± 25.3 | 49.5 ± 18.1 |
% of infected midguts with 5–20 oocysts | 9.1 ± 16.8 | 28.1 ± 14.4 |
% of infected midguts with 20 – 50 oocysts | 10.6 ± 23.9 | 7.3 ± 7.5 |
% of infected midguts with > 50 oocysts | 0 | 5.3 ± 9.1 |
Mosquitoes with sporozoites in the haemolymph but no more oocysts in the midgut | 0 | 9.4 ± 12.3% |