Interactions between a fungal entomopathogen and malaria parasites within a mosquito vector

Malaria Journal

Table 1 Summary of P. yoelii malaria infection parameters

Exposure day	Fungal treatment	Oocyst prevalence	Oocyst intensity			Sporozoites per oocyst (×10 ³ )
Exposure day	Fungal treatment	Oocyst prevalence	N	Mean ± SE	Median	N	Mean ± SE	Median
Day 0	Fungus	0.9	18	31.72 ± 9.93	8.5	17	11.44 ± 5.01	5.93
	Control	0.9	18	40.67 ± 7.07	47	18	6.38 ± 1.10	5.60
Day 3	Fungus	0.75	15	38.33 ± 14.05	14	14	10.10 ± 3.67	5.71
	Control	0.7	14	24.29 ± 9.07	11	14	6.35 ± 1.12	6.06

Oocyst prevalence represents the proportion of An. stephensi mosquitoes with ≥1 oocyst in a sample of n = 20 mosquitoes per treatment. Of the infected mosquitoes (N), we report the mean (± standard error) and median estimates for oocyst intensity and number of sporozoites per oocyst. The sample number decreases slightly in the sporozoite per oocyst because the PCR failed for some of the midgut samples.

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