Standardization of blood smears prepared in transparent acetate: an alternative method for the microscopic diagnosis of malaria

Table 2 Comparison of parasitic density (Plasmodium vivax infection) from thick blood smears prepared on different media according to the microscopists

Smear support material		Microscopist (parasites/cu mm of blood)
Smear support material		A	B	C
Glass slide	Mean	10,260	9,822	8,540
	Variance	63,616,000	69,581,045	53,139,333
	Standard deviation	7,976	8,342	7,290
Transparent acetate	Mean	10,220	8,436	8,030
	Variance	72,177,889	61,607,552	41,633,444
	Standard deviation	8,496	7,849	6,452
	p value*	0.712	0.870	0.991
	p value**	0.861	0.724	0.855

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