Assumed white blood cell count of 8,000 cells/μL overestimates malaria parasite density in the Brazilian Amazon

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Alves Jr , Eduardo R ^a,b   Gomes, Luciano T ^a,b,c   Ribatski Silva, Daniele ^a   Mendes, Clebson Rodrigues J ^a   Leal Santos, Fabio A ^a   Simões, Luciano R ^a   Mello, Marcia Beatriz C ^a   Fontes, Cor Jesus F ^a,c  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITÁRIO JÚLIO MÜLLER   (Brazil)

^b CENTRO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE VÁRZEA GRANDE   (Brazil)

^c Medical Department Facimed Course of Medicine   (Brazil)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATED BLOOD CELL COUNTING EQUIPMENT; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; PARASITE DENSITY; PARASITE PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY;

EID: 84899569517     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0094193     Document Type: Article

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