Nigeria: Quick Test for Malaria Shows Promise

[Guardian]OVER the past several decades, malaria diagnosis has changed very little. After taking a blood sample from a patient, a technician smears the blood across a glass slide, stains it with a special dye, and looks under a microscope for the Plasmodium parasite, which causes the disease. This approach gives an accurate count of how many parasites are in the blood - an important measure of disease severity - but is not ideal because there is potential for human error.
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news