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Case Reports
. 2009 May 26;180(11):1129-31.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.090171.

Delay in diagnosis: malaria in a returning traveller

Andrea K Boggild  1 , Andrea V Page, Jay S Keystone, Andrew M Morris, W Conrad Liles
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Case Reports

Delay in diagnosis: malaria in a returning traveller

Andrea K Boggild et al. CMAJ. .
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Figure 1
A-C, microscopic images of thin films showing Plasmodium falciparum parasitemia of 35% (A and C: bar = 20 μm; B: bar = 100 μm, Giemsa stain). D, microscopic image of thick film reflecting high density P. falciparum infection (bar = 200 μm, Giemsa stain).
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