erythrocyte

"Circulating erythrocytes outnumber circulating leukocytes by approximately a thousand to one and comprise 84% of all somatic cells in the body," Tishkoff explains.

P. falciparum causes malaria while replicating in host erythrocytes, or red blood cells, and relies on scavenging rather than synthesis, or the creation of compounds, to satisfy its need for fatty acids.

Although tests for RA were negative, her erythrocyte sedimentation rate and other inflammatory markers were elevated.

The test measures the erythrocyte sedimentation rate, or how fast red blood cells fall in a test tube.

Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein 1 domain cassettes 8 and 13 are associated with severe malaria in children.