Figure 3
Percentage of infected RBC. The percentage of infected RBCs in the total number of RBCs in a child's and adult's body. The total number of RBCs is correlated with average body mass [42, 43]. Assuming that the parasite replicates at a constant rate independent of the host, smaller children will have a higher parasitaemia within a given time period. Each cycle is 48 h; therefore cycle 5 occurs 240 h after the parasite is released from the liver.