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Table 3 Key features of the first parasitaemia wave

From: Patient variability in the blood-stage dynamics of Plasmodium falciparum captured by clustering historical data

 

Key feature

Definition

(i)

Multiplication factor

The 2-day multiplication factor by which the parasite density was multiplied in the absence of any immunity (no units)

(ii)

Critical effective density

The critical parasite density at which the current multiplication factor was reduced by 50% (PRBC/µl)

(iii)

Cumulative effective density

The cumulative parasite density at which the current multiplication factor was reduced by 50% (PRBC/µl)

(iv)

Delay of the onset of adaptive immunity

The delay required by the adaptive immunity to become effective (days)

(v)

Density at the first maximum

Density at the first maximum (PRBC/µl)

  1. A description of the features used by [22] to summarize patients first parasitaemia waves