Improved methods for haemozoin quantification in tissues yield organ-and parasite-specific information in malaria-infected mice

Malaria Journal

Volumn 11, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Deroost, Katrien ^a   Lays, Natacha ^a   Noppen, Sam ^a   Martens, Erik ^a   Opdenakker, Ghislain ^a   Van Den Steen, Philippe E ^a  

^a REGA INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Chemo luminescence; Densitometry; Haemozoin quantification; Malaria pigment; Plasmodium

Indexed keywords

HEMATIN; HEMOZOIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; DENSITOMETRY; HEART; LUMINESCENCE; MALARIA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PARASITEMIA; PIGMENTATION; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM CHABAUDI; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TISSUE SECTION;

ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES, ANALYTICAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HEMEPROTEINS; MALARIA; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PATHOLOGY; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM CHABAUDI; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84860829712     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-11-166     Document Type: Article

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