Table 2.

Proportion of patients presenting with schizonts, mean schizontaemia/counts and schizont:trophozoite ratio, according to malaria severity.

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	-

RBC = red blood cell; WBC = white blood cell; n.a. = not applicable

* This patient died

Source: [14–16]

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