Assessment of Expert-Level Automated Detection of Plasmodium falciparum in Digitized Thin Blood Smear Images

Detection of Plasmodium falciparum Directly from Blood Samples Using the Polymerase Chain Reaction

Erythrocyte Features for Malaria Parasite Detection in Microscopic Images of Thin Blood Smear: A Review

Microscopic image analysis of blood smear plays a very important role in characterization of erythrocytes in screening of malaria parasites. The characteristics feature of erythrocyte changes due to malaria parasite infection. The microscopic features of the erythrocyte include morphology, intensity and texture. In this paper, the different features used to differentiate the noninfected and mal...

Automated segmentation of blood cells in Giemsa stained digitized thin blood films

Background Assessment of erythrocytes and leucocytes in thin blood films can be used as an inexpensive diagnostic aid in a series of disease states, e.g. infections, anemia and hematological malignancies. Manual counting of cells is still considered the gold standard for example to establish the level of parasitemia in malaria. However, manual cell counting is time consuming and subject to vari...

RESISTANCE OF PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM TO CHLOROQUINE IN SOUTH EASTERN IRAN

In vivo and in vitro assessments of the response of P. falciparum to chloroquine using WHO standard kits and techniques were carried out in I ran Shahr, Sistan and Baluchestan province of Iran in 1985. In the in vivo assessment, 24 malaria patients treated with chloroquine (25mg/kg over three days) were followed up for one to four weeks. The mean parasite clearance time was 4.3 days and in...

Classic image: peripheral blood smear in a case of Plasmodium falciparum cerebral malaria.

To cite: Parikh MP, Krishnan S, Ganipisetti VM, et al. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2014205820 DESCRIPTION A 29-year-old African-American woman presented with acute onset of altered mental status. She was obtunded with visible rigors and a fever of 102.8°F. Routine laboratory study showed platelet count of 59k/mm. Urine toxicology screening, blo...