Automated detection of malaria-associated intraleucocytic haemozoin by Cell-Dyn CD4000 depolarization analysis

Clinical and Laboratory Haematology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 77-86

  Scott, C S ^b   Van Zyl, D ^a   Ho, E ^a   Meyersfeld, D ^a   Ruivo, L ^c   Mendelow, B V ^a   Coetzer, T L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b ABBOTT GMBH AND CO KG   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Automated diagnosis; Haemozoin; Light depolarization; Malaria

Indexed keywords

HEMOZOIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EVALUATION; FILM; HUMAN; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MICROSCOPY; MONOCYTE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM OVALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; AUTOMATION; CELL COUNT; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; FLUORESCENT DYES; HEMEPROTEINS; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; MICROSCOPY, POLARIZATION; MONOCYTES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM OVALE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 1642419756     PISSN: 01419854     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2257.2003.00496.x     Document Type: Article

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