Fig. 3

Summary of infections obtained using synchronized mosquito and Plasmodium falciparum gametocyte culture and the dark-feeding regime. a Scatter plot of mean infection intensities versus prevalence (%) for 123 feeds that used a total of 2703 mosquitoes. The fitting line was generate using Sigmoidal 4PL analysis, X is log (oocyst count) and Y is the prevalence: Y = 86.65/(1 + 10^{(− 2.73 − 0.03X)}). b Parasite infection intensity for 63 control feeds (no further treatment). Dots and lines represent median and range, respectively