Figure 3

Transmission electron micrograph showing the localisation of An. stephensi laminin and P. berghei circumsporozoite protein 14 days post-infection. A) The inset shows the position of the oocyst in the midgut (10,000 ×; scale bar = 2 μm). B) Boxed area shown in A (120,000 ×; scale bar = 200 nm). C) Additional area of the same oocyst (120,000 ×; scale bar = 200 nm). Laminin (1:400) = 30 nm gold particles (arrows), CSP (1:1000) = 10 nm gold particles (arrowheads). Note the presence of labelling for laminin within the sporozoite and on the outer surface of the capsule. BL = basal lamina, Sp = sporozoites, Cap = capsule.