Table 4 |
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Plasmodium vivax oocyst growth in Anopheles dirus and A. minimus mosquitoes during late sporogony. Values indicate mean oocyst diameters (μm) with 95% confidence intervals in parentheses and accompanying letters signifying statistically significant differences in mean diameters. |
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| Day |
7 |
9 |
10 |
12 |
14 |
16 |
18 |
20 |
22 |
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| Oocyst Diameter (μm) |
27 c (22–32) |
31 c (27–35) |
34 c (31–36) |
49 b (46–51) |
58 a (55–61) |
58 a (55–62) |
55 ab (52–58) |
53 ab (46–60) |
52 ab (42–63) |
| No. Mosq. |
13 |
12 |
28 |
58 |
64 |
57 |
47 |
24 |
15 |
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*Different letters indicate significant differences in oocyst diameter (Tukey post-hoc test, p < 0.05). |
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Zollner et al. Malaria Journal 2006 5:68 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-5-68 |
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