Fig. 3

Plasmodium vivax Aotus-derived ex vivo cultures. a Mean developmental stages proportions of experimental treatment groups. b 48 h ex vivo cultures survival proportions (p = one-tailed Chi square test). c Mean rings ratios of experimental treatment groups. d Mean parasitaemia of experimental treatment groups (p = Mann–Whitney, two-tailed t-test). e Mean parasitaemia fold change of experimental treatment groups. FS filtered serum, FL filtered lipid, RS retained serum, RL retained lipid. Cultures were maintained with McCoy’s 5A medium supplemented with 25% serum alone (S) or 20% serum in combination with 5% chemically defined lipid concentrate (L). Mean ± SEM. n = 10