Reduced circulating dendritic cells in acute Plasmodium knowlesi and Plasmodium falciparum malaria despite elevated plasma Flt3 ligand levels

Table 1 Acute malaria patients and induced blood-stage malaria (IBSM) cohort information

	P. falciparum	P. knowlesi	IBSM	Healthy controls
Number	11	14	33	15
Median age in years [IQR]	42 [23–53]	42 [23–58]	24 [22–27]	44 [20–53]
Female, number (%)	6 (55)	3 (21)	17 (51)	8 (53)
Median parasite density^a (parasites/µl) [IQR]	15,503 [3264–36,977]	2158 [644–14,800]	5.3 [1.3–11.1]	NA

No significant difference in parasite density or age between P. falciparum and P. knowlesi patients
IQR interquartile range, IBSM induced blood-stage malaria
^aDetermined by PCR for IBSM and by microscopy for all other groups

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