Comparing Leishman and Giemsa staining for the assessment of peripheral blood smear preparations in a malaria-endemic region in India

BACKGROUND: Microscopy of peripheral blood thin and thick films remains the reference for malaria diagnosis. Although Giemsa staining is most commonly used, the Leishman staining method provides better visualization of the nuclear chromatin pattern of cells. It is less well known whether accuracy of...

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Autores principales: Sathpathi, Sanghamitra, Mohanty, Akshaya K, Satpathi, Parthasarathi, Mishra, Saroj K, Behera, Prativa K, Patel, Goutam, Dondorp, Arjen M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4320490/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25551376
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-13-512

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