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Use of the Quantitative Buffy Coat system for detection of parasitemia in patients with babesiosis
A R Mattia1, M A Waldron, L S Sierra
1Parasitology Section, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
|October 1, 1993
Abstract:
Quantitative Buffy Coat analysis and blood smears were performed on a total of 47 blood samples. The technique showed 100% correlation with the blood smears in 9 samples containing babesia and 10 samples containing malaria, with some differential features distinguishing the two infections. Quantitative Buffy Coat analysis provides a simple and rapid method for the detection of parasitemia in cases of babesiosis.