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Table 1 Number of patients with spherocytes, hypochromia and parasitaemia in the three clinical groups. Details of these patients have been described earlier [11-12]

From: Pitting of malaria parasites and spherocyte formation

 

Severe anaemia N = 25

Symptomatic controls N = 24

Asymptomatic controls N = 24

Spherocytes

23 (92%)

19 (79.1%)

16 (66.7%)

Hypochromia

25 (100%)

24 (100%)

24 (100%)

Parasitaemia

25 (100%)

22 (91.7%)

12 (50%)