A malaria diagnostic laboratory performs external quality assurance (EQA) on its blood film reading. The WHO benchmark for expert microscopists is det...

Question

A malaria diagnostic laboratory performs external quality assurance (EQA) on its blood film reading. The WHO benchmark for expert microscopists is detection of parasitaemia at what threshold?

Accepted Answer

50-100 parasites/µL (approximately 0.001-0.002% parasitaemia)

Answer

5,000 parasites/µL

Answer

500 parasites/µL

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1 parasite/µL

Answer

10,000 parasites/µL

uk-dtmh MCQ (SBA): Microscopy Quality Assurance

A malaria diagnostic laboratory performs external quality assurance (EQA) on its blood film reading. The WHO benchmark for expert microscopists is detection of parasitaemia at what threshold?