Table 2 Correlation between white blood cell removal rates and initial white blood cell counts
From: Further evaluation of the NWF filter for the purification of Plasmodium vivax-infected erythrocytes
WBC counts before filtration (WBCs per 40,000 RBCs) | N | Number of samples with different WBC removal rates after filtration | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
100% | 99.00–99.99% | 98.00–98.99% | 97.00–97.99% | ||
<100 | 33 | 27 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
100–200 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
>200 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Total number of samples | 43 | 32 | 4 | 5 | 2 |