Differences in automated depolarization patterns of Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax malaria infections defined by the Cell-Dyn® CD4000 haematology analyser

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 71-79

  Fawzi, Zainab Othman ^a   Fakhro, Naila A ^a   Nabhan, Randa A ^a   Alloueche, Ali ^b   Scott, Colin Stephen ^c  

^a HAMAD MEDICAL CORPORATION   (Qatar)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c ABBOTT GMBH AND CO KG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Depolarization; Diagnosis; Haemozoin; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; Plasmodium vivax; Qatar

Indexed keywords

HEMOZOIN;

ANALYZER; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPOLARIZATION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIGHT SCATTERING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCREENING TEST; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

EOS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PROTOZOA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 3A;

EID: 0038637203     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(03)90029-0     Document Type: Article

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