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  • noun Plural form of parasitemia.

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Examples

  • Researchers in Israel and Kenya have shown that the contribution of variable degrees of immune suppression, either due to existing chronic infections such as parasitemias and/or nutrition, in different populations may influence and prolong the serological-diagnostic window period of HIV.

    Biology News Net 2009

  • Malaria episodes were defined as the presence of fever (≥ 38°C) and/or malaria-like symptoms with parasitemias higher than a given threshold value above which an individual had a significantly higher probability that the observed fever was due to malaria.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Charlotte Joos et al. 2010

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