Feeding behaviour and sporozoite ejection by infected Anopheles stephensi
T Ponnudurai, AHW Lensen, GJA Van Gemert… - Transactions of the …, 1991 - Elsevier
Anopheles stephensi mosquitoes infected with Plasmodium falciparum sporozoites were
allowed to feed individually through fresh whole thickness mouse skin. More sporozoites
were ejected into the skin in clusters than into the blood. Deposition of sporozoites in the
blood was an infrequent occurrence and always coincided with ejection of these stages into
the skin—perhaps a spill-over effect. The number of probes before feeding (median 4· 5)
was not correlated with the sporozoite inoculum (median 8), nor was the number of …
allowed to feed individually through fresh whole thickness mouse skin. More sporozoites
were ejected into the skin in clusters than into the blood. Deposition of sporozoites in the
blood was an infrequent occurrence and always coincided with ejection of these stages into
the skin—perhaps a spill-over effect. The number of probes before feeding (median 4· 5)
was not correlated with the sporozoite inoculum (median 8), nor was the number of …