INTRODUCTION Mansonelliasis is caused by Mansonella ozzardi. It is widespread in the Amazon region, with a high prevalence. The common exam of thick blood smears stained with Giemsa shows low efficacy levels and has been an obstacle to diagnosing individuals with low blood parasitemia. METHODS In order to increase diagnosis efficacy, the PCR technique was improved. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS P...

OBJECTIVE To determine and optimize the sensitivity of the CellaVision DM96 automated image-analysis system in detecting platelet (PLT) clumps on blood smears and to assess the reliability of the traditional laboratory practice of examining only the feather edge of the smear for PLT clumps. METHODS We processed 102 blood smears that revealed PLT clumps on microscopic review, using the CellaVi...

Malaria is one of the most prevalent infectious diseases in the world. Convenient diagnosis of the disease in endemic area is essential for appropriate follow-up and treatment of the disease. Standard thick and thin blood smears examined under the microscope still remains the most reliable and definitive method for diagnosis of malaria1,2. It has been shown that performance of quality control p...

While investigating possible causes of anaemia, cholaemia, and uraemia in a woman of pure Negro stock, sickling of the erythrocytes was found in wet-blood smears. (Electrophoretic investigations of the patient's haemoglobin demonstrated that the patient was a heterozygote, showing the sickletrait pattern A-S.) The original investigations were undertaken during a haemolytic crisis, and among the...