Local spread of malaria is rare but cases are growing. In 2023, 10 locally acquired cases were reported in patients who had not travelled outside the United States. Since the 1970s, rates of malaria ...

Researchers have developed devices to automate blood smears. Their devices, called autohaem smear and smear+, can consistently create high-quality smears equivalent to those created by human experts, ...

Every febrile traveler returning from malaria-endemic areas should be tested as soon as possible for malaria, with results available within 24 hours of presentation. The clinical presentation of ...

In a recent study published in Scientific Reports, a team of researchers proposed using an artificial intelligence (AI) tool that uses deep learning to examine red blood cell images in blood smears ...

Counts of malaria parasites in the peripheral blood were done twice daily, in the morning and in the afternoon, until a negative smear was obtained, after which three consecutive negative daily smears ...

One of the key steps in diagnosing or treating many bloodborne diseases is to perform a blood smear, where a drop of blood is spread across a microscope slide for analysis. It is critical the ...

WASHINGTON, January 18, 2022 – One of the key steps in diagnosing or treating many bloodborne diseases is to perform a blood smear, where a drop of blood is spread across a microscope slide for ...