Web-based virtual microscopy for parasitology: a novel tool for education and quality assurance.

• Published in: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
• Main Authors: Ewert Linder, Mikael Lundin, Cecilia Thors, Marianne Lebbad, Jadwiga Winiecka-Krusnell, Heikki Helin, Byron Leiva, Jorma Isola, Johan Lundin
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; The ''Y''
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000315; https://doaj.org/article/d6291fadda1b49feaea061a5f97b6d0a

BACKGROUND: The basis for correctly assessing the burden of parasitic infections and the effects of interventions relies on a somewhat shaky foundation as long as we do not know how reliable the reported laboratory findings are. Thus virtual microscopy, successfully introduced as a histopathology to...