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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The infectiousness of patients with clinical attacks of malaria depends on the presence of gametocytes in the peripheral blood. Thin smears were examined for gametocytes in a total of 401 attacks. In ...

In a recent study published in Scientific Reports, a team of researchers proposed using an artificial intelligence (AI) tool that uses deep learning to examine red blood cell images in blood smears ...

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 analysis. It is critical the ...

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 ...