Figure 5
Percent Haemoglobin drop per parasitaemia in the semi-immune mice strains at later cycles. Hb reduction (Hb red) for each mouse is the difference in the Hb (baseline, 100%) before first cycle infection and that of Hbm during the 7th cycle. To evaluate the extent of Hb reduced per parasitaemia rise, the ratio of the Hb red and parasitaemia at Hbm was calculated. The values are pooled data of two separate experiments. Similar observation was made during 8th cycle. Balb/c, n = 11; B6, n = 11, NZW, n = 8, CBA, n = 12. Error bars are standard error of mean (SEM). One way ANOVA was used to analyse data with Tukey post-test, where p values for Balb/c vrs B6, NZW < 0.001, and < 0.01 for CBA. The p values for the others were > 0.05. Hb red, Haemoglobin reduction; Hbm, minimum Haemoglobin value.