title: Use of the Quantitative Buffy Coat system for detection of parasitemia in patients with babesiosis.
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.
authors.affiliation: Parasitology Section, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Mattia
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Waldron
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Sierra
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001403:Babesia / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001404:Babesiosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology*; D006801:Humans; D008288:Malaria / Q000469:parasitology; D010965:Plasmodium malariae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic
chemical_list: D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic