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Table 1 Outcome of mosquito-feeding experiments

From: Dynamics of Plasmodium vivax sporogony in wild Anopheles stephensi in a malaria-endemic region of Western India

Exp. number

Patient blood smear (% of RBCs)

Mosquito Oocysts

Mosquito Sporozoites

P. vivax

Gametocytes

No. dissected

No. Pos.

Oocyst range

Av. oocyst no.

Infect. rate (%)

No. dissected

No. pos.

Infec. rate (%)

Gland index

Male

Female

1

1.35

0.31

0.25

23

14

0–13

2.5

61

5

2

40

3+ (2)

2

0.83

0.07

0.08

20

15

0–180

44.5

75

14

13

93

4+ (3), 3+ (10)

3

0.11

0.01

0.008

20

16

0–10

3.2

80

21

16

76

3+ (7), 2+ (8), 1+ (1)

4

0.07

0

0.02

20

2

0–1

0.1

10

20

0

0

NA

5

0.26

0.01

0.03

32

31

0–68

35

97

20

20

100

4+ (7), 3+ (12), 2+ (1)

6

0.28

0.04

0.03

16

13

0–17

4

81

21

14

66

3+ (8), 2+ (5), 1+ (1)

7

1

0.22

0.22

20

10

0–80

23

50

20

17

85

4+ (3), 3+ (13), 2+ (1)

8

0.69

0.14

0.09

20

0

0

0

0

19

0

0

NA

9

1.45

0.39

0.27

20

19

0–218

96.5

95

20

20

100

4+ (2), 3+ (18)

10

0.34

0.04

0.03

20

14

0–18

6

70

20

18

90

3+ (15), 2+ (2), 1+ (1)

11

0.35

0.03

0.08

20

2

0–2

0.15

10

20

3

15

3+ (1), 2+ (2)

12

1.03

0.15

0.12

20

18

0–62

14.9

90

20

19

95

3+ (15), 2+ (3), 1+ (1)

13

0.39

0.06

0.07

20

16

0–22

8

80

ND

NA

NA

NA

14

0.49

0.04

0.12

20

6

0–5

0.7

30

ND

NA

NA

NA

15

0.34

0.04

0.03

10

9

0–87

39

90

ND

NA

NA

NA

16

0.55

0.04

0.05

20

20

4–195

66

100

22

21

95

4+ (13), 3+ (8)

17

0.67

0.01

0.02

34

16

0–83

4.2

47

ND

NA

NA

NA

18

0.33

0.05

0.08

25

22

0–15

4.9

88

20

11

55

4+ (1), 3+ (7), 2+ (2), 1+ (1)

19

1.21

0.25

0.33

20

17

0–215

95.8

85

20

18

90

4+ (3), 3+ (14), 1+ (1)

20

0.79

0.07

0.16

20

18

0–40

15.7

90

21

19

90

4+ (3), 3+ (15), 1+ (1)

21

0.58

0.07

0.11

20

17

0–185

79.2

85

20

17

85

4+ (7), 3+ (9), 2+ (1)

22

0.3

0.01

0.03

20

18

0–22

7.6

90

20

17

85

4+ (2), 3+ (7), 2+ (7), 1+(1)

23

0.54

0.05

0.09

20

16

0–50

10.5

80

21

15

71

3+ (8), 2+ (7)

24

1.32

0.07

0.24

20

04

0–1

0.2

20

12

0

0

NA

25

1.05

0.09

0.1

21

02

0–2

0.1

10

20

0

0

NA

26

0.75

0.07

0.08

20

7

0–4

0.7

35

11

2

18

3+ (1), 2+ (1)

27

0.63

0.08

0.07

18

13

0–8

2.5

72

20

9

45

3+ (2), 2+ (5), 1+ (2)

28

0.35

0.03

0.03

20

6

0–2

0.3

30

20

5

25

3+ (1), 2+ (4)

29

0.45

0.1

0.11

14

7

0–4

1.2

50

ND

NA

NA

NA

30

0.23

0.01

0.01

27

7

0–3

0.3

26

ND

NA

NA

NA

  1. Only experiments where at least 10 mosquitoes were dissected for salivary gland infections were used for correlating sporozoite infection rate with parasitaemia and gametocytaemia. Based on this criterion, experiments 1, 13, 14, 15, 17, 29 and 30 were not included for analysis
  2. ND not done, NA not applicable