Polarisation microscopy increases the sensitivity of hemozoin and Plasmodium detection in the histological assessment of placental malaria

Acta Tropica

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 277-284

  Romagosa, Cleofé ^a   Menendez, Clara ^a   Ismail, Mamudo R ^b   Quintó, Llorenç ^a   Ferrer, Berta ^a   Alonso, Pedro L ^a   Ordi, Jaume ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Inst Nac Salud Univ Eduardo M   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hemozoin; Malaria; Placenta; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; HEMOZOIN;

DISEASE PREVALENCE; MALARIA; MICROSCOPY; POLARIZATION; PREGNANCY; WOMENS HEALTH;

ARTICLE; BIREFRINGENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ERYTHROCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALARIA; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PIGMENTATION; PLACENTA; PLASMODIUM; POLARIZATION MICROSCOPY; TANZANIA;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HEMEPROTEINS; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MICROSCOPY; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; PLACENTA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TANZANIA;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 1942509400     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2004.02.003     Document Type: Article

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