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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Oct 21.
Published in final edited form as: J Infect Dis. 2008 Jan 1;197(1):72–78. doi: 10.1086/523761

Figure 2. Platelet-induced PRBC clumping is a common parasite phenotype among Malawian children, and is associated with disease severity.

Figure 2

The ability to form clumps in the presence of platelets was assessed in parasite populations isolated from paediatric patients from Malawi. Parasites from patients with uncomplicated malaria (UM, n=12), severe malaria anemia (SMA, n=15), and cerebral malaria (CM, n=22) were incubated for different times with plasma with or without platelets. Results are expressed as mean ± SD of the percentage of PRBC that are associated with clumps. Assays were performed twice per patient sample.