Three main groups of antigens detected by commercially available malaria RDTs are pLDH, HRP-2 and aldolase.
QBC is based on acridine orange staining of centrifuged peripheral blood samples in a microhematocrit tube and examination under UV light.
To be a sickle cell trait (AS) in a malarious environment appears to be better than not having sickle genes at all (AA), or having 2 sickle genes (SS).
Microscopic examination (thick-thin blood smear stained with giemsa stain) remains the “gold standard” for laboratory confirmation of malaria.
Asexual life cycle (cycle of schizogny) of malarial parasite occurs in main. Schizont, merozoites, and gametocytes are important stages.
Direct microscopic visualization of the malarial parasite on the thick and/or thin blood smears has been the "gold standard" for malaria diagnosis.
