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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cell Microbiol. 2012 Sep 4;14(12):1880–1891. doi: 10.1111/cmi.12007

Figure 4. Estimated Volume, Surface Area, and Filtration Rates of Malaria Patients.

Figure 4

Since there is a wider variability between individuals in the mean volume and surface area of uninfected RBCs, the amount of volume and surface area gained by infected RBCs relative to an individuals uninfected RBCs is compared (A). Over-all there was no difference between cerebral malaria patients and uncomplicated malaria patients. MZ is the expected volume gained and surface area lost after merozoite invasion. The majority of patients had estimated filtration transforms from 50 to 100% which are predicted to filter parasites so that on average 50% of ring stage RBCs would survive in circulation (B).