Similar to the whole mosquitoes, plasmin did not increase midgut infection rate (p value = 0.193; Figure 1E), as defined by the percentage of blood-fed midguts with at least one focus, but significantly (p value = 0.006) increased the number of infection foci per infected midgut from 2.52 to 4.84 (Figure 1F). The gene discussed is PLG; the disease is infection.