Table 1

Relative frequencies of Plasmodium vivax life-stages developing over 48 hours within Anopheles mosquitoes. Data for A. dirus, A. minimus, and A. sawadwongporni have been pooled.

TIME (hr)
Round stage
Stage II Ookinete
Stage III Ookinete
Stage IV-VI Ookinete
Total Number of Parasites

12
0.81
0.11
0.05
0.03
1,116
18
0.58
0.06
0.02
0.34
811
20
0.62
0.07
0.03
0.28
2,006
22
0.49
0.08
0.03
0.40
6,621
24
0.46
0.09
0.03
0.42
5,156
26
0.62
0.10
0.05
0.23
3,759
36
0.48
0.09
0.08
0.35
2,138
48
0.46
0.09
0.07
0.38
498

Zollner et al. Malaria Journal 2006 5:68   doi:10.1186/1475-2875-5-68