Bench AIDS for the Diagnosis of Malaria Infections

Hardcover
Publisher: World Health Organization (January 2000)
Language: English
ISBN: 9241545240

Summary
Bench Aids for the Diagnosis of Malaria Infections is a set of twelve plastic laminated A4-size plates produced as aids for the microscopic diagnosis of human malaria. The bench aids are intended for use as both a practical tool for health workers engaged in the routine diagnosis of malaria infections and a teaching aid for students and trainees.
Now in their second, completely revised edition, the bench aids present photomicrographs that show the various species and morphological forms of human malaria in thick and thin blood films. Descriptions of P. falciparum, P. vivax, P. ovale, and P. malariae are provided together with detailed instructions on the preparation and use of buffer and staining solutions. The photomicrographs, all at x1000 magnification and stained with Romanowsky stains, show many of the possible variations of malaria parasites. Common faults in making blood films are also illustrated and explained.
The previous edition, published by WHO in 1988, included colour illustrations of the different life-cycle stages of the four Plasmodium species that cause human malaria. In this edition, colour micrographs, which provide a more accurate representation of these stages, have replaced the illustrations. Biosafety guidelines for handling blood specimens have been added, in view of the increasing incidence of hepatitis and HIV/AIDS.
The bench aids are produced in a weatherproof plastic-sealed format that is robust and easy to use in the field and at the laboratory bench.
"...the set will be of immense value not only to a beginner, but also to many experienced microscopists, intending to compare some parasites of doubtful morphology with the perfect image of the development stage of a given species of plasmodium. For teaching malaria microscopy these colour plates will be ideal."

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