TY - JOUR AU - Guy, Rebecca AU - Liu, Paul AU - Pennefather, Peter AU - Crandall, Ian PY - 2007 DA - 2007/07/06 TI - The use of fluorescence enhancement to improve the microscopic diagnosis of falciparum malaria JO - Malaria Journal SP - 89 VL - 6 IS - 1 AB - Giemsa staining of thick blood smears remains the "gold standard" for detecting malaria. However, this method is not very good for diagnosing low-level infections. A method for the simultaneous staining of Plasmodium-parasitized culture and blood smears for both bright field and fluorescence was developed and its ability to improve detection efficiency tested. SN - 1475-2875 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-6-89 DO - 10.1186/1475-2875-6-89 ID - Guy2007 ER -