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Fig. 1 | Parasites & Vectors

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From: Effect of irradiation on the survival and susceptibility of female Anopheles arabiensis to natural isolates of Plasmodium falciparum

Fig. 1

Effect of irradiation on the competence of Anopheles arabiensis for natural isolates of Plasmodium falciparum. a Oocyst prevalence (± 95% CI) on day 7 post-blood meal (dpbm), expressed as the number of mosquito females harboring at least one oocyst in their midguts out of the total number of dissected females, for each treatment (white bars: unirradiated-control mosquitoes, grey bars: irradiated mosquitoes) and for 8 parasite isolates. b Infection intensity (± SE) at 7 dpbm, expressed as the mean number of developing oocysts in the guts of infected females, for each treatment and 8 parasite isolates. c Sporozoite prevalence (± 95% CI) at 14 dpbm, expressed as the number of mosquito head/thoraces detected positive to P. falciparum using qPCR out of the total number of dissected head/thoraces, for each treatment and for 10 parasite isolates. d Sporozoite intensity at 14 dpbm, expressed as the mean number (± SE) of amplification cycle during qPCR (the lower the Cq, the higher the sporozoite intensity) for each treatment and for 10 parasite isolates. The asterisk denotes a statistically significant difference (P-value < 0.05); NS: not significant

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