Reduced red blood cell deformability in Plasmodium knowlesi malaria
Barber BE., Russell B., Grigg MJ., Zhang R., William T., Amir A., Lau YL., Chatfield MD., Dondorp AM., Anstey NM., Yeo TW.
Key PointsRBC-D is reduced in humans with knowlesi malaria in proportion to disease severity. In humans, but not the macaque hosts, deformability of uRBCs is reduced and is related to the presence of echinocytes.