Parasitemia

Parasitaemia is the presence of parasites in the blood . It is irrelevant whether signs of illness are noticeable at the same time or not. Parasitemia can, for example, be caused by an infection with Plasmodium falciparum , the causative agent of tropica malaria .

Parasitemia equivalents are bacteremia due to bacteria and viraemia due to viruses.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Medical microbiology and infectious diseases . In: Springer textbook . 2012, ISSN  0937-7433 , doi : 10.1007 / 978-3-642-24167-3 ( springer.com [accessed May 9, 2018]).

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