Modified Giemsa staining for rapid diagnosis of malaria infection

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 156-159

  Iqbal, Jamshaid ^a   Hira, P R ^a   Al Ali, F ^b   Khalid, N ^a   Sher, A ^c  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b District General Hospital   (Kuwait)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Giemsa staining; Malaria; Microscopy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD STAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GIEMSA STAIN; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MICROSCOPY; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; RELIABILITY; TURNOVER TIME;

ANIMALS; AZURE STAINS; HUMANS; MALARIA; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAINING AND LABELING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0038545588     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000070751     Document Type: Article

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