Table 1.
Parameters of healthy and infected RBCs used in this and other studies
| Cell type | Surface area (μm2) | Volume (μm3) | Parasite volume fraction | Shear modulus (μN/m) |
Membrane viscosity (μNs/m) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model with parasite | Model without parasite | Model with parasite | Model without parasite | ||||
| hRBC | 135 | 94 | — | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| 120 ± 15 (5) | 88 ± 20 (5) | — | 6.0 (22) | — | 0.6–0.8 (27) | — | |
| rRBC | 135 | 94 | 3.3% | 15 | 15 | 1.6a | 1.6 |
| 110 ± 8 (5) | 83 ± 12 (5) | 3–15% (6) | 15.3 (23) | 15 (11) | — | 1.5–2.5 (28) | |
| tRBC | 135 | 116 | 40% | 15 | 35 | 1.6a | 15 |
| 119 ± 14 (5) | 103 ± 26 (5) | 15–50% (6) | 9–18 (13) | 30 (11) | — | 11–19.5 (29) | |
| sRBC | 104 | 86 | 50% | 15 | 40 | 1.6a | 56 |
| 98 ± 13 (5) | 81 ± 8 (5) | 50–80% (6) | 9–14 (13) | 40 (11) | — | — | |
For all four cell types, data in the upper row are from this study, and data in the lower row are from the literature, with individual studies identified by the numbers in parentheses.
a
No experimental values for membrane viscosity were found in the literature.