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Table 2 Susceptibility of An. aquasalis mosquitoes to infection with P. vivax from Brazilian asymptomatic patients
| Patient ID | Thin blood smear (parasites/μl) | PCR (copies/μl) | Infection rate (%) | Oocysts median (IQR) | Symptom-free days | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asx | Gam | 18 srRNA | Pvs25 | ||||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | nd | 24.24 | 25 (16–34) | ns |
| 2 | 21 | 0 | nd | 6192 | 10 | 30 (-) | ns |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | nd | 2072 | 12.5 | 35 (31.5–38.5) | ns |
| 4 | 88 | 52 | 29 | 1263 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 1002 | 0 | 0 | ns |
| 6 | nd | nd | 62 | 595 | 0 | 0 | ns |
| 7 | nd | nd | nd | 10,858 | 5.71 | 1 (1–1) | ns |
| 8 | 201 | 12 | 19 | 82 | 0 | 0 | ns |
| 9 | 3128 | 152 | 20,627 | 8686 | 14.89 | 12.25 (9–20) | 10 |
| 10 | 2034 | 59 | 11,246 | 4393 | 5.12 | 7 (5.5–8.5) | 1 |
| 11 | 77 | 0 | 97 | 240 | 0 | 0 | ns |
| 12 | 94 | 0 | 694 | 5190 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 13 | 0 | 0 | 186 | 252 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 147 | 1.69 | 1 (-) | 1 |
| 16 | 301 | 40 | 58 | 262 | 0 | 0 | ns |
| 17 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 48 | 2.06 | 3.5 (2.75–4.25) | ns |
| 18 | 0 | 0 | nd | nd | 0.91 | 1 (-) | ns |
| 19 | 0 | 21 | nd | 757 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 20 | 211 | 0 | nd | 8 | 0 | 0 | ns |
| 21 | 0 | 0 | nd | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 22 | 65 | 0 | nd | 4 | 0 | 0 | ns |
| 23 | 0 | 0 | 5005 | 4612 | 0 | 0 | ns |
| 24 | 0 | 0 | 82,849 | 7855 | 0 | 0 | ns |
| 25 | 0 | 0 | 2558 | 7817 | 0 | 0 | ns |
