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The Microscopic Diagnosis of Malaria

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Lesson 1 Overview of Species

Because treatment and clinical management of the disease produced by each species may differ, and because epidemiologic investigations often are required, it is necessary to identify and report the specific species found in the patients blood.   Therefore the microscopist must be familiar with the appearance of each of the four species in stained blood film.

 

Because laboratory diagnosis of malaria is made from microscopic examination of stained blood films, and in order to make reliable species diagnosis, the lab technician must be able to identify the various growth stages of the parasite.