Fig. 2

Relationship between vertebrate host parasitaemia and development of oocysts in the midgut of mosquitoes. A Parasitaemia did not significantly influence the number of days post-blood meal at which the maximum oocyst burden was reached. Each green dot corresponds to the batch of mosquitoes fed on a vertebrate host where the maximum oocyst burden was reached. B Parasitaemia of the bitten bird did not significantly influence the oocyst burden measured on the day when the oocyst burden was maximal in a focal mosquito batch. Each point represents the number of oocysts in the midgut of a dissected mosquito on the day when the mosquito batch associated with a bird, and therefore with a specific parasitaemia, reached maximum oocyst load