Two thin and two thick blood films were stained with
3% Giemsa solution (Merck) for 30 min and microscopically
examined at ×1000 for species identification and the
parasite density by two well-trained microscopists. The
parasite density (parasites/μl) was done by counting 500
white blood cells from each positive thick blood film and
the number of leukocyte density (WBCs/μl) was estimated
as 80007. Each blood film required approximately 20 min
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