- Pure [on microscopic grounds] screening P. falciparum parasitaemia in children from 25,000 to 100,000ul-1, or in adults from 10,000 to 100,000ul-1. [The parasitaemia range for adults was originally set at 25,000 to 100,000µl-1 and changed to 10,000 to 100,000µl-1 in protocol amendment 3 dated 05 May 2004]