Figure 2
From: Complement activation in Ghanaian children with severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria
DCT results compared with flow cytometry using anti-C3d. RBC suspensions from 30 DCT positive and negative SM patients were stained with ethidium bromide and monoclonal antibodies to detect surface-bound C3d. Association between DCT results and flow cytometry results for C3d are shown by scatter plots with regression line. MFI, mean fluorescence intensity. DCT was graded as accordingly as +4 (complete agglutination), +3 (several large agglutinates, few cells), +2 (large agglutinates in a sea of smaller clumps and free cells), +1 (many small agglutinates), 0 (no sign of agglutination).