Fig. 3From: Infection of Anopheles aquasalis from symptomatic and asymptomatic Plasmodium vivax infections in Manaus, western Brazilian AmazonCorrelation between gametocytes measured by levels of pvs25 P. vivax transcripts and gametocytes visualised by microscopy. A strong positive association between gametocyte numbers detected by RT-qPCR and those visualised by microscopy in thin blood smears from symptomatic individuals. The values indicate the correlation coefficient (r2) (P-value < 0.001)Back to article page