Table 2.

Number of microfilariae in Giemsa-stained and Field’s-stained samples.

	Quantitative assessment
Species	Staining method	Median (IQR), Mf/mL	Spearman rank correlation coefficient ρ
Loa loa	Field	600 (200–1,962.5)	0.905, P < 0.001
	Giemsa	537.5 (200–1,462.5)
Mansonella perstans	Field	100 (100–200)	0.538, P = 0.002
	Giemsa	100 (100–200)

IQR = interquartile range; Mf/mL = microfilariae per milliliter.