Plasmodium falciparum variant erythrocyte surface antigens: a pilot study of antibody acquisition in recurrent natural infections

Table 2 Parasite isolates included in the study

Patients	Female (f)/male (m)	Age (months)	Blood group	Day of parasit-aemia	Parasitaemia (%)	Flow cytometry analysis	Asymptomatic (tympanic temperature < 37.5 °C)	No of infecting clones^a
119	F	41	A	0	6.25	Yes		2
				35	0.68	Yes	No	2
				84	2.19	No	No	1
150	M	30	A	0	1.69	No		3
150	M	30	A	42	6.09	Yes	No	2
171	M	13	AB	0	2.57	Yes		3
				21	0.07	Yes	Yes	1
				76	2.06	Yes	No	2
178	M	35	A	0	2.71	Yes		6
178	M	35	A	42	4.11	Yes	No	1
221	M	38	A	0	6.76	Yes		7
				35	0.27	No	Yes	4
				78	0.14	No	Yes	7
233	M	42	0	0	2.22	Yes		3
233	M	42	0	35	0.47	Yes	Yes	7
245	F	31	0	0	1.01	Yes		4
				35	0.11	No	Yes	6
				63	0.67	Yes	Yes	2
				84	0.11	Yes	Yes	9

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