The laboratory diagnosis of malaria

Clinical and Laboratory Haematology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 165-170

  Reilly, J T ^b   Bain, B J ^a   Amos, R ^b   Cavill, I ^b   Chapman, C ^b   England, J M ^b   Hyde, K ^b   Matutes, E ^b   Wood, J K ^b   Chiodini, P L ^b   Bailey, J W ^b  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Malaria

Indexed keywords

BLOOD SMEAR; GAMETOCYTE; GIEMSA STAIN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALARIA; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE SERODIAGNOSIS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; UNITED KINGDOM;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; MICROSCOPY; QUALITY CONTROL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 9844219738     PISSN: 01419854     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2257.1997.tb00001.x     Document Type: Review

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