Researchers have developed devices to automate blood smears. Their devices, called autohaem smear and smear+, can consistently create high-quality smears equivalent to those created by human experts, ...

Local spread of malaria is rare but cases are growing. In 2023, 10 locally acquired cases were reported in patients who had not travelled outside the United States. Since the 1970s, rates of malaria ...

Catching malaria in the US is extremely rare, but when it happens, the mosquito-borne parasite can masquerade as another parasite that's regularly found in the country, leading to a misdiagnosis that ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Background. Approximately 4 million US travelers to developing countries are ill enough to seek health care, with 1500 malaria cases reported ...

The classic diagnostic tool used to identify malaria is Giemsa microscopy. The technique entails collecting a small sample of peripheral blood, typically from a finger prick, which is Giemsa stained ...

Giemsa-stained blood smears are mainly used for microscopic examination to diagnose malaria. However, they may also be subjected to polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to confirm diagnosis or for ...

Counts of malaria parasites in the peripheral blood were done twice daily, in the morning and in the afternoon, until a negative smear was obtained, after which three consecutive negative daily smears ...

Every febrile traveler returning from malaria-endemic areas should be tested as soon as possible for malaria, with results available within 24 hours of presentation. The clinical presentation of ...

ACCIDENTAL malaria subsequent to blood transfusion has not been a frequent occurrence in nonendemic areas. Since 1929 only 12 such cases have been reported to the Massachusetts Department of Public ...

An investigational malaria vaccine given intravenously was well-tolerated and protected a significant proportion of healthy adults against infection with Plasmodium falciparum malaria--the deadliest ...

WASHINGTON, January 18, 2022 – One of the key steps in diagnosing or treating many bloodborne diseases is to perform a blood smear, where a drop of blood is spread across a microscope slide for ...