Figure 3

Kinetics of parasite release in individual culture and effect of erythrocyte storage time on the relative rate of parasite release. A. Synchronized culture of P. falciparum was taken for the evaluation of the relative rate of parasite release at the indicated time post-cultures initiation, and the assay was performed as described in the paper. Results presented as mean of 300 – 700 counted cells. B. The release assay was performed side-by-side with two synchronized cultures initiated simultaneously from the same infected cultures but in two different normal erythrocytes preparations with different storage age. Age of erythrocytes were: 3 and 12 days in Experiment A, 2 and 14 days in Experiment B and 0 and 19 days in Experiment C. Cultures were taken for the assay at 51 hr post cultures initiation. Result presented as mean of 300 – 500 counted cells ± s.e.