Table 2 Proportion of patients presenting with schizonts, mean schizontaemia/counts and schizont:trophozoite ratio, according to malaria severity.
From: Clinically uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria with high schizontaemia: A case report
Malaria Severity | Proportion of patients with schizonts on admission % (n) | Geometric mean [range] schizontaemia/μL | Maximum P. falciparum schizont count | Schziont: Trophozoite Median [range] Ratio in peripheral blood | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Uncomplicated | 4.0 (21/530) | 16 [16–65] | 4/500 WBC | 0.0003:1 [0.00008–0.026] | [14] |
3.0 (15/499) | 29 [16–158] | 10/500 WBC | 0.0013:1 [0.00008–0.12] | [6] | |
5.0 (25/500) | 24 [16–129] | 8/500 WBC | 0.00087:1 [0.000055–0.0684] | [15] | |
Hyper-parasitaemic >4% RBC parasitized | 20.9 (124/594) | 31 [16–324] | 20/500 WBC | 0.00007:1 [0.000013–0.00131] | EA. Ashley# |
Severe | 20.3 (196/966) | 6,685 [5–66,558] | 17/1000 RBC* | 0.09:1 [0.01 – 4.88] | [16] |
Case report patient | n.a. | 12,811 | 3/1000 RBC | 0.25:1 | - |