Table 1 Parasitaemia and anaemia data in primary P. chabaudi AS or CB infections of BALB/c mice.

AS

CB

AS

CB

AS

CB

Peak Parasite Number (×10⁹ /ml) ⁽¹⁾

3.9 ± 0.2

4.0 ± 0.5

1.5 ± 0.1

1.4 ± 0.2

2.1 ± 0.2

2.6 ± 0.3

Day of Peak Parasite Number ⁽²⁾

10.8 ± 0.2

9.2 ± 0.2

9.0 ± 0.3

9.4 ± 0.4

7.0 ± 0.5

7.4 ± 0.4

Parasite Load ((pRBC × 10⁹/ml)days) ⁽¹⁾

13.1 ± 1.3

16.4 ± 2.8

5.1 ± 0.6

3.1 ± 0.3

7.1 ± 0.5

6.0 ± 0.4

Peak % of pRBC ^(1,3)

30.1 ± 1.8

42.6 ± 0.9

23.3 ± 2.8

31.8 ± 1.9

33.4 ± 2.7

43.9 ± 3.6

Day of peak % of pRBC ^(1,3)

10.8 ± 0.2

9.2 ± 0.2

10.8 ± 0.2

10.6 ± 0.4

8.4 ± 0.4

8.2 ± 0.4

Maximum RBC loss (×10⁹ /ml) ^(1,3)

7.4 ± 0.4

9.1 ± 0.5

11.5 ± 1.4

13.6 ± 0.9

9.2 ± 0.4

9.4 ± 0.3

Day of greatest loss in RBC ⁽¹⁾

11.6 ± 0.2

10.2 ± 0.4

11.2 ± 0.4

11.6 ± 0.5

9.6 ± 0.2

8.8 ± 0.4

Maximum Hg drop (mg/ml) ⁽²⁾

54.8 ± 12.6

152.8 ± 22.8

210.4 ± 11.0

219.0 ± 9.8

230.4 ± 6.5

242.1 ± 4.7

Day of greatest Hg drop ^(1,3)

12.0 ± 0.8

10.4 ± 0.2

12.0 ± 0

11.6 ± 0.5

9.8 ± 0.4

9.0 ± 0.4