Fig. 1

Parasite development in mosquito cohorts exposed to five different bloodmeals (indicated as cohorts a–e). a Proportion of mosquitoes with oocysts in their midguts at day 8 PE. b Oocyst counts per mosquito midgut 8 days PE (median and 95% CI, Kruskal-Wallis one-way ANOVA followed by Dunn’s multiple comparison test). Each dot corresponds to one midgut. c Salivary gland sporozoite loads per mosquito 17 days PE. Different letters indicate statistically significant differences between groups (mean ± SEM, n = 4, one-way ANOVA test followed by Tukey’s multiple comparison test, P < 0.05)