FIG. 2.

Schizonts persist and do not lead to normal levels of ring-stage parasite formation after inhibitor treatment for 1 to 24 h. Starting schizonts (38 to 42 h postinvasion) were treated with inhibitor or control for increasing lengths of time. Immediately after treatment, the parasites were smeared, and parasitemia measured after Giemsa staining. This figure shows the counts taken from these smears. (A) Bars represent the percentage of schizonts remaining in cultures treated with inhibitor or control for periods of time between 1 and 24 h. (B) Bars represent the percentage of resulting ring-stage parasites in cultures treated with inhibitor or control for periods of time between 1 and 24 h.