Figure 3.

Deformation energy ΔE_rbc and deformation index I_d as a function of the interaction strength ϵ_a for small (red dashed lines) and large (blue solid lines) parasites and different exponents (from left to right): a = 0 (circles), a = 1 (stars), a = 2 (diamonds), and a = 3 (triangles). The shown values are for side contact between the parasite and RBC membrane. The horizontal black dashed lines indicate ranges of assigned deformation indices; see Table 2. To see this figure in color, go online.