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| Title |
A method for reducing the sloughing of thick blood films for malaria diagnosis
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Malaria Journal, July 2013
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| DOI | 10.1186/1475-2875-12-231 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Andrew P Norgan, Heather E Arguello, Lynne M Sloan, Emily C Fernholz, Bobbi S Pritt |
| Abstract |
The gold standard for malaria diagnosis is the examination of thick and thin blood films. Thick films contain 10 to 20 times more blood than thin films, correspondingly providing increased sensitivity for malaria screening. A potential complication of thick film preparations is sloughing of the blood droplet from the slide during staining or rinsing, resulting in the loss of sample. In this work, two methods for improving thick film slide adherence ('scratch' (SCM) and 'acetone dip' (ADM) methods) were compared to the 'standard method' (SM) of thick film preparation. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profile of 1 X user who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 49 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 11 | 22% |
| Student > Master | 10 | 20% |
| Researcher | 5 | 10% |
| Lecturer | 4 | 8% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 3 | 6% |
| Other | 7 | 14% |
| Unknown | 10 | 20% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 7 | 14% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 7 | 14% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 6 | 12% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 5 | 10% |
| Engineering | 3 | 6% |
| Other | 11 | 22% |
| Unknown | 11 | 22% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 12 August 2013.
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#66
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