Characterization of Red Blood Cells with Multiwavelength Transmission Spectroscopy

Table 6

The values (mean ± 2 S.D.) of the RBC parameters obtained with the MMT interpretation analysis from the MWT spectra of noninfected control and P. falciparum infected RBC samples.

RBC samples/parameter	MCV (fL)	Surface area (μm^2)	Length (nm)	Width (nm)	Sphericity	Aspect ratio	MCHC (g/dL)	MCH (pg)
Noninfected; ( = 60)	83 ± 2	124 ± 6	8.2 ± 0.2	2.1 ± 0.1	0.71 ± 0.02	0.27 ± 0.02	31.0 ± 1.2	25.7 ± 0.9
Ring-infected; ( = 28)	82 ± 3	124 ± 3	8.2 ± 0.1	2.2 ± 0.1	0.70 ± 0.02	0.27 ± 0.02	31.4 ± 2.4	22.4 ± 1.7
Early troph. infected; ( = 40)	91 ± 10	128 ± 6	8.2 ± 0.3	2.6 ± 0.5	0.76 ± 0.05	0.32 ± 0.05	29.1 ± 7.0	19.6 ± 5.2
Late troph. infected; ( = 10)	110 ± 12	130 ± 8	7.9 ± 0.2	3.3 ± 0.3	0.85 ± 0.03	0.42 ± 0.03	17.6 ± 1.8	9.1 ± 4.0
Schizont infected; ( = 5)	76 ± 3	110 ± 6	7.5 ± 0.3	2.6 ± 0.1	0.79 ± 0.03	0.34 ± 0.03	20.4 ± 1.4	2.6 ± 0.6