Fig. 5From: In vitro adaptation of Plasmodium falciparum reveal variations in cultivabilityTime to adaptation was not related to patient parasitaemia. a Patient samples adapted from fresh blood draws showed roughly the same time to adaptation 8–22 days, even as parasitaemia ranged from <0.1 in 3 samples to >9 % in 3 samples. b After cryopreservation, low parasitaemia samples showed longer time to adaptation than fresh samples when starting parasitaemia was less than 2 %. This was presumably due to fragility of parasitized RBC. Recovery and adaptation was robust at parasitaemia above 2 %Back to article page