A NEW rapid dipstick method to detect the presence of the malarial parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, could prove a boon to diagnosticians. The test, which has a sensitivity as high as 95 to 100 per cent, has been successfully tried in Kenya and the US (The Lancet, Vol 343, No 8897). It is a simple and easy test that requires very little blood and, to its advantage, no equipment or electricity. The time taken to analyse a batch of 10 specimens is a mere 30 minutes.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/dip-and-confim
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/down-earth
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/malaria
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/diagnostic-methods
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/science-and-technology
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/kenya
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/united-states-america-us
