Evaluation of malaria parasite screening procedures among Sudanese blood donors

MSM Ali, AGM Yousif, MS Mustafa… - American Society for …, 2005 - clsjournal.ascls.org
OBJECTIVE: To compare the standard microscopic examination, the polymerase chain
reaction (PCR), and the immunochromatography test (ICT) to determine the best method for …

[HTML][HTML] Diagnosis of malaria among blood donors in Port Harcourt, Nigeria: microscopy or rapid diagnostic tests?

KT Wariso, IL Oboro - Advances in Microbiology, 2015 - scirp.org
The two most common techniques available for diagnosis of malaria in Nigeria are
microscopy and rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs). However, in diagnosing asymptomatic …

Laboratory tests for malaria: A diagnostic conundrum?

B Puri, P Mehta, N Ingole, P Prasad… - South African Medical …, 2013 - ajol.info
Objectives. To detect malarial parasites using the peripheral blood smear (PBS) and to
compare the PBS with the immunochromatographic antigen test (ie OptiMAL and …

Current issues in clinical and laboratory diagnosis in malaria

A Orogade - Malaria parasites, 2012 - books.google.com
Malaria is a protozoan infection (Najera &Hempel, 2006 as cited in Okwa & Ibidapo, 2010)
with protean manifestations in the human species (Mohaptra, 2002; Murthy, 2000; Talib …

[HTML][HTML] Detection of malaria infection in blood transfusion: a comparative study among real-time PCR, rapid diagnostic test and microscopy: sensitivity of malaria …

G Hassanpour, M Mohebali, A Raeisi… - Parasitology …, 2011 - Springer
The transmission of malaria by blood transfusion was one of the first transfusion-transmitted
infections recorded in the world. Transfusion-transmitted malaria may lead to serious …

[PDF][PDF] Diagnosis of malaria in a remote area of the Philippines: comparison of techniques and their acceptance by health workers and the community

D Bell, R Go, C Miguel, J Walker… - Bulletin of the World …, 2001 - SciELO Public Health
OBJECTIVE: To compare the efficacies of remote symptom-based diagnosis of malaria,
rapid diagnostic tests and microscopy in an area of low endemicity in the Philippines …

Comparative evaluation of a rapid diagnostic test, an antibody ELISA, and a pLDH ELISA in detecting asymptomatic malaria parasitaemia in blood donors in Buea …

TE Kwenti, LA Njunda, B Tsamul… - Infectious diseases of …, 2017 - mednexus.org
Background: In malaria endemic areas, infected blood donors serve as a source of infection
to blood recipients, which may adversely affect their prognosis. This necessitates the proper …

Screening of blood bank samples for the presence of malaria parasites by conventional methods and quantitative nucleic acid sequence‐based amplification (QT …

BYM NOUR, PF MENS, OK SAEED… - Transfusion …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
The potential of screening blood donations of apparently healthy donors for the presence of
malaria parasites with quantitative nucleic acid sequence‐based amplification (QT‐NASBA) …

Malaria parasitemia in apparently healthy blood donors in north-central Nigeria

JG Damen, O Barnabas, D Damulak… - Laboratory …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Objective: To determine the prevalence of transmissible malaria in apparently healthy blood
donors in the city of Jos in north-central Nigeria. Methods: We collected blood specimens …

Decisive assessment of diagnostic staining methods of malaria in eight public and private laboratories, Khartoum area.

SM Ibrahim - 2003 - cabidigitallibrary.org
The present study was conducted in 8 laboratories in Khartoum State in Sudan during the
period September 1995-December 1996 to evaluate the accuracy of diagnosis of malaria in …