Figure 6
Positive control test of blocking strategies for detection of a known eukaryotic microbe. Relative fraction of 18s rRNA gene amplicons from the V4 (solid line) and V9 (dashed line) hypervariable regions assigned to the Plasmodium genus in the three samples under the different blocking conditions. All human bloodmeal-containing adult mosquito samples were positive for the presence of P. falciparum by molecular diagnostic assay. Dashed lines for Animal Bloodmeal and Larval Pool samples were superimposed with solid lines, and are shown offset to improve visibility.
