Anopheles Midgut Epithelium Evades Human Complement Activity by Capturing Factor H from the Blood Meal
Fig 5
Control immunofluorescence assays using sugar-fed mosquitoes.
(A and D) Bright filed microscopic images of A. stephensi mosquito sagittal sections of thorax and abdomen body parts, respectively, showing the proventriculus and the anterior midgut (delineated by yellow oval) and the posterior midgut (delineated by white oval) of the mosquito. (C and F) Anti-human FH did not react with any mosquito proteins as revealed by the absence of green fluorescence. (B and E) DAPI nuclear staining images corresponding to C and F, respectively.