FIG 5.

P. berghei-VAR infection induces a higher incidence of maternal death before delivery and of abortions than P. berghei infection. BALB/c mice were infected with 10⁴ (A), 10⁵ (B), or 10⁶ (C) P. berghei or P. berghei-VAR IEs on G13 or were not infected (D). Pregnant mice were scored for abortions (considered loss of the entire litter) and maternal mortality until the end of pregnancy (before delivery or at delivery). The percentages refer to the maternal population; P. berghei (10⁶, n = 6; 10⁵, n = 5), P. berghei-VAR (10⁶, n = 10; 10⁵, n = 9); noninfected (NI) (n = 10).