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Table 1 Summary statistics for blood samples and midgut dissection, relative to each independent infection event

From: A comparison of PCR and ELISA methods to detect different stages of Plasmodium vivax in Anopheles arabiensis

Infection number

Blood microscopy result

Asexual stage density

Gametocyte density

No. midguts dissected

No. mosquitoes infected (microscopy)

% Infected

1

P. vivax

9233/μl

199/μl

5

1

20%

2

P. vivax

8627/μl

980/μl

20

0

0%

3

P. vivax

5892/μl

897/μl

20

6

30%

  1. Plasmodium parasite density of human blood samples used for each infection and subsequent confirmation of mosquito infection by midgut oocyst dissection at 7 dpi