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. 2016 Jul 22;6:30136. doi: 10.1038/srep30136

Figure 3. Discrimination of leukocytes and malaria parasite-infected erythrocytes in the microchamber.

Figure 3

(a,c) Light microscopic images of malaria parasite-infected erythrocytes dispersed in a microchamber. Malaria parasite-infected erythrocytes were observed in the boxed regions. (b,d) Magnified views of the boxed regions. (e,g) Light microscopic images of cells in whole blood in a microchamber. A leukocyte is seen in each boxed region. (f,h) Magnified views of the boxed regions. (i) Light microscopic image of non-infected erythrocytes dispersed in the microchamber. (j,k) Fluorescent images of malaria parasite-infected erythrocytes in the microchamber visualized with a CCD camera. (l,m) Fluorescent images of leukocytes. (n) Image of non-infected, fluorescence-negative erythrocytes. (o–s) Fluorescence-intensity profile along the yellow-dotted arrow in each image shown in (jn) respectively.