BScountToPctParasitemia: Conversion Functions for Parasite Infection Measurements.
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BScountToPctParasitemia

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Conversion Functions for Parasite Infection Measurements.

Description

Conversion routines for quantifying parasite density in any of several standard methods, as measured by assays like thin or thick smear by microscopy.

Usage

BScountToPctParasitemia(BScount, WBCdenominator = 300, WBCperML = 8000, RBCperML = 5e+06)
pctParasitemiaToBScount(pctParasitemia, WBCdenominator = 300, WBCperML = 8000, RBCperML = 5e+06)
BScountPerML(BScount, WBCdenominator = 300, WBCperML = 8000)

Arguments

`BScount`	Vector of parasite densities, given as the number of parasites per fixed number of white blood cells (WBC).
`pctParasitemia`	Vector of parasite densities, given as the percentage of red blood cells that are infected.
`WBCdenominator`	The fixed number of WBC used as the denominator when giving parasite density as a blood smear (BS) count.
`WBCperML`	The number of WBC per millileter (ML) of blood. A value taken from an explicit assay such as a CBC machine is prefered. Dufault is a typical average count.
`RBCperML`	The number of red blood cells (RBC) per millileter of blood. A value taken from an explicit assay such as a CBC machine is prefered. Dufault is a typical average count.

Details

The functions are written such that CBC machine values can be used directly, where any invalid or missing CBC values will be replace by default values.