Investigating White Blood Cells as a Source of False-Positive Malaria Parasite Detection in African Blood-Smear Images

Samuel A. Adeniji, Goodness C. Obasi, Chris-Victor Ntwali +4

White blood cells (WBCs) present on every Giemsa-stained thick blood smear share visual properties with early-stage Plasmodium falciparum ring-form trophozoites: small size, round…