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A method for reducing the sloughing of thick blood films for malaria diagnosis

BACKGROUND: The gold standard for malaria diagnosis is the examination of thick and thin blood films. Thick films contain 10 to 20 times more blood than thin films, correspondingly providing increased sensitivity for malaria screening. A potential complication of thick film preparations is sloughing...

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Autores principales: Norgan, Andrew P, Arguello, Heather E, Sloan, Lynne M, Fernholz, Emily C, Pritt, Bobbi S
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3734161/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23834997
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-12-231