Dynamics of malaria infection after inoculation with erythrocytic stage parasites and sporozoites.

<p>Survival curves and daily parasitemia of <b>A)</b> Swiss Webster or <b>B)</b> C57Bl/6 mice injected intravenously with the indicated number of schizonts or mixed asexual stages of <i>P</i>. <i>berghei</i> ANKA wt or PBANKA_122900 KO, respectively. Each group contained 5 mice. The average parasitemia for all mice in each group is plotted. C) Survival curves of Swiss Webster mice injected intravenously with 1,000 sporozoites of <i>P</i>. <i>berghei</i> ANKA wt or PBANKA_122900 KO. Mice were monitored daily and the percentage surviving on each day is plotted. There were 5 mice per group and this experiment was repeated with similar results.