Figure 1

In vitro growth pattern of P. falciparum Dd2 isolate as measured by microscopy (red curve and photomicrograph) and SYBR Green (green curve). By both methods, parasitaemia initiated at 0.5% doubled at every schizogony and did not increase beyond 5%. The photomicrograph show healthy parasite at seeding parasitaemia: note the classical signet ring, healthy looking trophozoites with irregular borders and mature schizonts with numerous nuclei. At maximal parasitaemia, the ring stages were smaller with intensely stained nuclei while the trophozoites and schizonts have abnormal nuclei.