The use of fluorescence enhancement to improve the microscopic diagnosis of falciparum malaria

• Published in: Malaria Journal
• Main Authors: Liu Paul, Guy Rebecca, Pennefather Peter, Crandall Ian
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BMC 2007
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Arctic; Yoyo
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-6-89; https://doaj.org/article/43802c63e50d4fa09b49f909453d2095

Abstract Background Giemsa staining of thick blood smears remains the "gold standard" for detecting malaria. However, this method is not very good for diagnosing low-level infections. A method for the simultaneous staining of Plasmodium -parasitized culture and blood smears for both bright...