Table 1.

Dose-response data for NIR-laser germicidal effect

Organism	τ, sec*	Eo, J/cm2#
Plasmodium falciparum
Late trophozoites (S)	34.8±3.9	16.6±1.7
Early trophozoites (ES)	35.6±3.6	17.2±1.7
Ring	60.2±6.4	29.1±3.0
Escherichia coli
+10 μM haemozoin	711±8.1	345.2±40
+1.0 μM haemozoin	(165±14)·101	800±8.4
+10 μM haemin	(104±11)·103	(504±51)·102

^*τ is the time to reduce parasite count to 37% of its initial value following irradiation with the laser.

^#E_o is the energy of NIR light needed to reduce parasite count to 37% of its initial value.