You receive a thick smear in the lab to interpret from a very sick patient with recent travel to Africa. Calculate the number of parasites per μL of blood given that you have identified 3 parasites and counted 2000 WBCs:

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You receive a thick smear in the lab to interpret from a very sick patient with recent travel to Africa. Calculate the number of parasites per μL of blood given that you have identified 3 parasites and counted 2000 WBCs:

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