Towards a needle-free diagnosis of malaria: in vivo identification and classification of red and white blood cells containing haemozoin

BACKGROUND: Optical detection of circulating haemozoin has been suggested as a needle free method to diagnose malaria using in vivo microscopy. Haemozoin is generated within infected red blood cells by the malaria parasite, serving as a highly specific, endogenous biomarker of malaria. However, phag...

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Autores principales: Burnett, Jennifer L., Carns, Jennifer L., Richards-Kortum, Rebecca
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
Materias:
Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5678583/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29115957
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-017-2096-1

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5678583/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29115957
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-017-2096-1

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