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. 2011 Jan;41(1):33-5.
doi: 10.1258/td.2010.100218. Epub 2010 Nov 18.

Five-minute Giemsa stain for rapid detection of malaria parasites in blood smears

M M Jager  1 , J L Murk, R D Piqué, T A M Hekker, C M J E Vandenbroucke-Grauls
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Five-minute Giemsa stain for rapid detection of malaria parasites in blood smears

M M Jager et al. Trop Doct. 2011 Jan.

Abstract

The Giemsa stain is used as the gold standard for the diagnosis of malaria on blood smears. The classical staining procedure requires between 30 and 45 min. We modified the Giemsa stain and reduced the staining time to 5 min without any loss of quality.

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