In Review of Scientific Instruments, researchers have developed devices to automate blood smears. Their devices, called autohaem smear and smear+, can consistently create high-quality smears ...

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 ...

A new, comprehensive map of all the genes essential for blood infections in Plasmodium knowlesi (P. knowlesi), a parasite that causes malaria in humans, has been generated. The map contains the ...

Thick blood smears show the presence of malaria parasites whereas thin blood smears show parasite morphology to determine the Plasmodium species.

Several new malaria drugs under development share a common feature: they promote an influx of sodium ions into Plasmodium parasites that have invaded red blood cells and multiply there. A study ...

The QIAprep&amp Plasmodium Kit simplifies malaria research by enabling the detection of all five Plasmodium species in human samples.

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have identified over 250 proteins that are strongly affected by malaria, which could help predict the severity of the disease and thus enable faster treatment for ...

To examine dendritic cell regulation during Plasmodium infection, we infected C57BL/6 mice with blood-stage P. chabaudi and measured Flt3l 1, 2, 3.

Generally, blood smear analysis is a rather subjective process, which inevitably depends on the observer’s experience and the time dedicated to smear examination.

A novel research tool uncovers the mechanisms behind how malaria-infected red blood cells adhere to blood vessel walls, providing insights into the disease's pathology.

Procleix Plasmodium Assay is a nucleic acid test (NAT) that detects the presence of Plasmodium, a protozoan parasite that causes malaria worldwide and creates a significant risk for both blood ...