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Is flow cytometry better in counting malaria pigment-containing leukocytes compared to microscopy?

BACKGROUND: Detection of malaria pigment (or haemozoin; Hz)-containing leukocytes may have prognostic relevance in malaria; however, studies reported conflicting results, with microscopic counts suggestive of being inaccurate and imprecise. METHODS: Numbers of Hz-containing leukocytes from a malaria...

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Autores principales: Hänscheid, Thomas, Frita, Rosangela, Längin, Matthias, Kremsner, Peter G, Grobusch, Martin P
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2780450/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19917088
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-8-255