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Table 2 Number of oocysts counted with GFP and the methods currently used for counting oocysts.

From: Improvement of the observational method for Plasmodium berghei oocysts in the midgut of mosquitoes

Method

Number of dissected mosquitoes

Retrieved oocyst count (%)a

Formalin-method

36

52 ± 3 (20-81)

Mercurochrome-method

36

94 ± 4 (50-155)

  1. a Retrieved oocyst count = number of oocyst counted with formalin fixation method or mercurochrome staining method/number of oocyst counted with GFP × 100 (%). Arithmetic mean ± S.E.M. (range of retrieved oocyst counts) from 36 mosquitoes were shown.
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Parasites & Vectors

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