Parasitemia is the quantitative content of parasites in the blood. It is used as a measurement of parasite load in the organism and an indication of the degree of an active parasitic infection. Systematic measurement of parasitemia is important in many phases of the assessment of disease, such as in diagnosis and in the follow-up of therapy, parti... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasitemia
Type: Term Pronunciation: păr′ă-sī-tē′mē-ă Definitions: 1. The presence of parasites in the circulating blood; used especially with reference to malarial and other protozoan forms, and microfilariae. Found on http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=65282
Parasitemia: The presence of a parasite in the blood. For example, malarial parasitemia. Parasitemia is analogous to bacteremia (the presence of bacteria in the blood) and viremia (the presence of a virus in the blood). Parasitemia, bacteremia and viremia are all forms of sepsis (bloodstream infection). The term 'parasitemia' was compounded from 'p... Found on http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=17665