Figure 5From: A morphometric and histological study of placental malaria shows significant changes to villous architecture in both Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax infectionBoxplot graphs showing variation in placental villous morphological parameters between clinical groups. 5 A - Villous size. There was a significantly lower villus cross sectional area in active malaria cases compared to control or treated malaria (*p <0.0084, Fisher’s exact test). 5 B - Villous vascularity. There was a significantly lower number of capillaries per villus in active malaria cases compared to control or treated malaria (*p <0.0139, Fisher’s exact test). 5 C: Number of villi per high-powered field. There was a significantly higher number of villi seen per hpf in both active and treated malaria cases compared to controls (*p <0.0001, Fisher’s exact test). 5 D: Mean perimeter measurement per villus. There was a significantly lower perimeter measurement per individual villus seen in active malaria cases compared to treated malaria cases and controls (*p <0.0006, Fisher’s exact test). 5 E - Total perimeter measurement for all villi in 10 hpf. There was a significantly higher total perimeter measurement of all villi seen per 10 hpf in both active malaria and treated malaria cases compared to controls (*p <0.0004, Fisher’s exact test).Back to article page