Giemsa-Stained Wet Mount Based Method for Reticulocyte Quantification: A Viable Alternative in Resource Limited or Malaria Endemic Settings

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Lee, Wenn Chyau ^a   Russell, Bruce ^a,b   Lau, Yee Ling ^a   Fong, Mun Yik ^a   Chu, Cindy ^c   Sriprawat, Kanlaya ^c   Suwanarusk, Rossarin ^d   Nosten, Francois ^c,e,f   Renia, Laurent ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c SHOKLO MALARIA RESEARCH UNIT   (Thailand)

^d AGENCY FOR SCIENCE   (Singapore)

^e MAHIDOL OXFORD TROPICAL MEDICINE RESEARCH UNIT   (Thailand)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLENE BLUE;

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL MOTION; CELL SUSPENSION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GIEMSA STAIN; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MIXED INFECTION; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE INFECTION; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; RETICULOCYTE COUNT;

AZURE STAINS; HUMANS; MALARIA; METHYLENE BLUE; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; RETICULOCYTES;

EID: 84875663048     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0060303     Document Type: Article

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