Consistency and reproducibility of independent feedings using blood from two consecutive days at varying Plasmodium falciparum gametocyte densities based on both direct membrane feeding assay and direct skin feeding assay

Table 4 Oocyst density comparison by assay and day

Outcome^a	Relative rate	LCI	UCI	p-value
Oocyst density
Final/Baseline in DSFA assay	0.38	0.21	0.70	0.019
Final/Baseline in DMFA assay	0.23	0.11	0.45	0.003
DMFA/DSFA in baseline visit	0.97	0.53	1.77	0.925
DMFA/DSFA in final visit	0.96	0.46	2.01	0.912

LCI: Lower limit of the 95% confidence interval; UCI: Upper limit of the 95% confidence interval; p-value by the likelihood ratio test
^aEach row is a separate Zero Inflated Poisson model adjusted by the number of mosquitoes and subject

ISSN: 1475-2875