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Table 2 Lowest infective parasite and gametocyte densities

From: Transmission efficiency of Plasmodium vivax at low parasitaemia

P. vivax ID

IPL*

(parasite/µl)

IGL**

(gametocytes/µl)

Mosquito infection frequency at IPL

(infected / dissected)

VTTY121

4

0.7

1 / 75

VUBR24

2

0.2

3 / 46

VUBR25

2

1

2 / 68

VUBR28

46

4

1 / 55

VUBR33

4

0.5

1 / 60

VUNL24

129

5

1 / 71

VUNL25

8

–

4 / 78

VUNL28

3

0.2

2 / 49

Geometric mean (CI 95 )

7 (2–21)

0.8 (0.3–2)

 
  1. * IPL: lowest infective parasitaemia
  2. ** IGL: lowest infective gametocytaemia
  3. – Value cannot be determined because no gametocyte was observed
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Malaria Journal

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