Haemozoin detection in infected erythrocytes for Plasmodium falciparum malaria diagnosis-Prospects and limitations

Acta Tropica

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 58-61

  Rebelo, Maria ^a   Shapiro, Howard M ^b   Amaral, Teresa ^c   Melo Cristino, José ^a,c   Hänscheid, Thomas ^a  

^a Faculdade de Medicina ^*  (Portugal)

^b Center for Microbial Cytometry   (United States)

^c Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Erythrocyte; Haemozoin; Malaria

Indexed keywords

HEMOZOIN;

BLOOD; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MALARIA; PARASITE; PIGMENT; PROTOZOAN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHROCYTE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; TROPHOZOITE;

BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ERYTHROCYTES; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEMEPROTEINS; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 84860546638     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 18736254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2012.03.005     Document Type: Article

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