Correlation of parasite load with different clinical and hematological parameters of VL patients (n = 20).

<p>Duration of illness (months, panel A), increase in spleen size (cm, panel B), white blood cell counts (cells/μl, panel C) and albumin levels (gm/dl, panel D) of VL patients were obtained from the hospital. Parasite loads (Parasites/ml) were determined by real-time PCR. Correlation was calculated using the Spearman/Pearson correlation test. Diagonal lines represent linear regression.