Diagnosis of malarial infection using change in properties of optically trapped red blood cells
Background: In previous work studying the properties of red blood cells (RBCs) held in an optical tweezers trap, we observed an increase in the spectrum of Brownian fluctuations for RBCs from a Plasmodium falciparum culture—due to increased rigidity of the cells—compared to normal RBCs. We wanted to...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2017-04-01
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Series: | Biomedical Journal |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2319417016300804 |