Table 2 Detection of P. vivax oocysts in midguts and sporozoites in salivary glands of An. sinensis and An. cracens (control) on 6 Days Post Infection (DPI) and 15 DPI, respectively
Gametocytaemia (gams/500WBC) | Mosquito species | No. of mosquitoes blood fed | Oocysts | Sporozoites | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of mosquitoes with oocysts/dissected (%) | Average number of oocysts (SD) | Range of oocyst densities in each infected mosquito | Average no. of sporozoites in each mosquito | No. of mosquitoes dissected | |||
416 | An. sinensis (F22) | 17 | 9/14 (64.3) | 2.6 (± 2.7) | 1–8 | ND | ND |
An. cracens | 17 | 14/17 (82.4) | 6.8 (± 6.2) | 1–18 | ND | ND | |
480 | An. sinensis (F22) | 10 | 7/7 (100.0) | 57 (± 17.4) | 27–82 | ND | ND |
An. cracens | 10 | 7/9 (77.8) | 71 (± 42.6) | 60–100 | ND | ND | |
576 | An. sinensis (F22) | 10 | 5/5 (100.0) | 16 (± 7.7) | 3–22 | ND | ND |
An. cracens | 10 | 5/5 (100.0) | 66 (± 26.2) | 12–90 | ND | ND | |
384 | An. sinensis (F22) | 24 | 5/7 * (71.4) | 6.4 (± 9.1) | 2–26 | 4435 | 7 |
An. cracens | 20 | 7/7 (100.0) | 8.1 (± 19.9) | 2–18 | 9000 | 7 | |
768 | An. sinensis (F22) | 22 | 3/3 (100.0) | 7 (± 5.3) | 3–13 | 703 | 8 |
An. cracens | 38 | 3/3 (100.0) | 26 (± 19.3) | 9–47 | 2812 | 7 | |
416 | An. sinensis (F22) | 48 | 3/3 (100.0) | 74 (± 21.6) | 50–92 | 4302 | 34 |
An. cracens | 47 | 3/3 (100.0) | >200 (NA) | > 200 | 76,764 | 34 | |
304 | An. sinensis (F22) | 30 | 2/4 (50.0) | 18.8 (± 22.0) | 33–42 | 14,538 | 24 |
An. cracens | 66 | 3/3 (100.0) | 18.7 (± 3.1) | 26–32 | 4687 | 24 | |