<p>The characteristics of isolated neutrophils after co-incubation with zoospores of <i>P. insidiosum</i> are demonstrated based on killing activity analysis.</p>

The data are shown as the mean ± S.E.M. (n = 6/group), ****, <i>p</i> < 0.0001 MOI 1 of β-thalassemia patients vs. MOI 1 of healthy controls; **, <i>p</i> = 0.0058 MOI 1 of healthy controls at 0 min vs. MOI 1 of healthy controls at 60 min; ***, <i>p</i> = 0.0005 MOI 1 of β-thalassemia patients at 0 min vs. MOI 1 of β-thalassemia at 60 min, using One-way ANOVA analysis.

Abbreviations are as follows: Neu (H), neutrophils isolated from healthy individuals; Neu (Pt), neutrophils isolated from β-thalassemia patients; Zoo, <i>P. insidiosum</i> zoospores; MOI 1 (H), co-incubation of neutrophils isolated from healthy individuals with <i>P. insidiosum</i> zoospores at a multiplicity of infection (MOI) of 1; MOI 1 (Pt), co-incubation of neutrophils isolated from β-thalassemia patients with <i>P. insidiosum</i> zoospores at MOI of 1.</p>