Surmised total leucocyte counts miscalculate the parasite index of Plasmodium vivax malaria patients of tertiary and primary care settings in South-Western India

BACKGROUND: For the calculation of parasite index (PI) by microscopy method, an assumed total leucocyte count (TLC) of 8,000/μL is used conventionally. However, due to obvious variation in the population and individual TLCs, use of 8,000/μL may result in either over/underestimation of the PI. METHOD...

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Autores principales: Rishikesh, Kumar, Madivala, Sathish Kitta, Prabhu, Prashantha, Kamath, Asha, Ashok, Herikudru, Vidyasagar, Sudha, Shastry, Ananthakrishna Barkur, Saravu, Kavitha
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4405837/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25888823
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-015-0669-4

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