Use of the Quantitative Buffy Coat system for detection of parasitemia in patients with babesiosis.
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.
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Parasitology Section, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.
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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
D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic