Improvement of malaria diagnostic system based on acridine orange staining

Improvement of malaria diagnostic system based on acridine orange staining

Abstract Background Rapid diagnosis of malaria using acridine orange (AO) staining and a light microscope with a halogen lamp and interference filter was deployed in some malaria-endemic countries. However, it has not been widely adopted because: (1) the lamp was weak as an excitation light and the...

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Main Authors: Masatsugu Kimura, Isao Teramoto, Chim W. Chan, Zulkarnain Md Idris, James Kongere, Wataru Kagaya, Fumihiko Kawamoto, Ryoko Asada, Rie Isozumi, Akira Kaneko
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-02-01
Series:Malaria Journal
Subjects:
Staining
Acridine orange
Fluorochrome
Malaria diagnosis
LED
Interference filter
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12936-018-2214-8

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