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Table 2 Intensity of infection of different Plasmodium falciparum isolates in paired feeds to Anopheles stephensi and Anopheles gambiae

From: Susceptibility of Anopheles gambiae and Anopheles stephensi to tropical isolates of Plasmodium falciparum

Parasite isolate

Median number of oocysts per infected midgut (25–75 percentile)

P value

Anopheles stephensi

Anopheles gambiae

3D7

1.5 (1–2)

2 (1–3)

0.251

K39

12 (1–46)

18 (6–46)

0.343

M24

N/A: no infection

1 (N/A: too few infections)

-

P018

3 (1–9)

3 (1–4)

0.297

P019

10 (2–41)

2 (1–2)

< 0.001*

P020

2 (2–4)

2 (1–2)

0.711

PNG12.2

N/A: no infection

-

-

PNG37.2

N/A: too few infections

N/A: no infection

-

PNG51.1

N/A: no infection

N/A: no infection

-

1776.3.7

1 (1-1)

1 (N/A: too few infections)

0.8

  1. * Indicates statistically significant comparison performed by Mann Whitney test; probability considered significant at P < 0.01. N/A = not applicable