Fig. 3

Distribution of individuals with potential for onward transmission. A Density plots by potential for onward transmission. Limit of detection for conventional molecular diagnostics and microscopy are shown as dashed black and red vertical lines, respectively. B Numbers (row proportions) of potential and unlikely transmitters by parasite density and blood smear positivity. Individuals with potential for onward transmission are defined in as having at least 1.25 female and four male gametocytes per 2.5 µl of blood, which are increased thresholds adapted from a prior study [12] to account for sex-specific gametocytaemia overestimation