Figure 6.

Oocyst formation after feeding An. gambiae mosquitoes either a gametocyte culture or a 24-hour ookinete culture in either of the five media (A-E; Table 1). The graph shows mean oocyst numbers per mosquito midgut. Gam = Mosquitoes fed on gametocytes. Results are from three independent experiments. Error bars are standard deviations. Prevalence of infected mosquitoes and the range of oocyst numbers are shown at the bottom of the figure.