Comparison between conventional and QBC methods for diagnosis of malaria

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 517-520

  Krishna, B V S ^a,c   Deshpande, Asha R ^b  

^a KARNATAKA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b NMR Scan Center   (India)

^c KIMS   (India)

Author keywords

Laboratory diagnosis; Malaria

Indexed keywords

ACRIDINE ORANGE; FLUORESCENT DYE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CHILD; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; STAINING; TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ERYTHROCYTES; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 1142286653     PISSN: 03774929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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