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Insects held at constant 26°C
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Insects exposed to the gradient
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Prevalence
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Oocyst burden (± SEM)
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Prevalence
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Oocyst burden (± SEM)
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P. yoelii
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72.4%
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19.4 ± 3.20
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70.7%
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32.5 ± 7.78
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P. yoelii + F52
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63.2%
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27.2 ± 5.53
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80.3%
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25.2 ± 3.67
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- Infection status of An. stephensi at day 8 post infection with P. yoelii. Mosquitoes were infected with P. yoelii only or P. yoelii and the fungal isolate F52 in combination. "Insects held at 26°C" were kept in the insectary throughout the study period whereas "Insects exposed to the gradient" were housed in the same insectary at all times apart from a 30 minute period every day where their thermal preference was determined on the gradient. "Prevalence" indicates the percent of mosquitoes that had a least one oocyst per midgut and "Oocyst burden" indicates the mean (± SEM) number of oocysts found per midgut.
