A timed tally counter for microscopic examination of thick blood smears in malaria studies

Abstract Background Despite many technological advances for malaria parasite detection (e.g. high resolution image acquisition), microscopic reading of thick blood smear (TBS) remains the gold standard. Even though available in low technology environment, the microscopy of TBS is slow and time consu...

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Main Authors: Grégory Nuel, André Garcia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-01-01
Series:Malaria Journal
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-020-03530-z