Figure 1From: Hemozoin activates the innate immune system and reduces Plasmodium berghei infection in Anopheles gambiae Effect of hemozoin on Anopheles gambiae infection by Plasmodium berghei . Female mosquitoes were treated with PBS-control or 200 μg/ml sHz and infected with P. berghei 24 h later. Oocysts were counted 8–10 days post-infection. Dots indicate the number of parasites in individual midguts, horizontal red bars represent the median. N, number of female mosquitoes; n, number of independent experiments; IR, infection rate (%).Back to article page