A method for estimating the number of sporozoites in the salivary glands of a mosquito
Authors:
- G. PringleGPG. Pringle
- 1 May 1965
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Vol. 59 (3) , 285-288
Abstract
A simple method is described whereby the number of sporozoites in the salivary glands of a mosquito can be estimated. A short series of counts from naturally infected A. funestus and A. gambiae gave estimates that ranged from a few hundred sporozoites to nearly 70,000.Keywords
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