Fig. 2

Parasitaemia of ring- and late-stage parasites in a cellulose-filtered and b non-cellulose-filtered parasites. Box plots showing the median parasitaemia (%) of ring- and late-stage parasites recorded for every 24 h from day 0 to day 5 of in vitro culture of seven patient parasite isolates either with prior cellulose filtration (+) or no filtration (−). The box plots display median, 1st quartile (Q1), and 3rd quartile (Q3) and the lower whisker indicates the lowest data point above Q1 minus 1.5 times IQR, the upper whisker indicates the highest data point below 1.5 IQR plus Q3. The growth profile is highlighted with a line only for the ring-stage parasites through the medians