Development of an automated malaria discriminant factor using VCS technology

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 691-698

  Briggs, Carol ^a   Da Costa, Anabela ^b   Freeman, Lyn ^c   Aucamp, Ilse ^d   Ngubeni, Busisiwe ^e   Machin, Samuel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Doctors du Buisson   (South Africa)

^c 1 Military Hospital   (South Africa)

^d LANCET LABORATORIES   (South Africa)

^e NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Automated screening; Malaria; Monocytes; VCS technology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL COUNT; CELL VOLUME; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LYMPHOCYTE; MALARIA; MONOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNOLOGY; VOLUME CONDUCTIVITY SCATTER TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 33750716052     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/0PL3C674M39D6GEN     Document Type: Article

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