Fig. 6: Magnitude of asexual and sexual stage antibody response and parasite multiplication rate. | Nature Communications

Fig. 6: Magnitude of asexual and sexual stage antibody response and parasite multiplication rate.

From: Higher gametocyte production and mosquito infectivity in chronic compared to incident Plasmodium falciparum infections

Fig. 6

Magnitude of antibody response to specific P. falciparum antigens is given as the background-adjusted median fluorescence intensity (MFI). Parasite multiplication rate (PMR) is presented as the geometric mean of each individuals PMR observations, with a dashed line at PMR = 1 (no change in parasite density over 48 h intervals). Plasma samples were taken from the start of intensive follow-up for both cohorts (incident n = 48, chronic n = 51). Light blue hollow markers = chronic asymptomatic infection, dark blue solid markers = chronic symptomatic infection, light red hollow markers = incident asymptomatic infection, dark red solid markers = incident symptomatic infection. Full details of all antigens are in Supplementary Table 1.

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