Local Hematocrit Fluctuation Induced by Malaria-Infected Red Blood Cells and Its Effect on Microflow

Figure 12

Variation of the discharge hematocrit for an arbitrary time period of 2 ms for the following: (a) in the 10 m channel; the number ratio of -IRBC to HRBC is 1 : 5; (b) in the 10 m channel; the number ratio of -IRBC to HRBC is 1 : 9; (c) in the 20 m channel; the number ratio of -IRBC to HRBC is 1 : 19; (d) in the 20 m channel; the number ratio of -IRBC to HRBC is 1 : 9.

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