| Title |
Testing the sensitivity and specificity of the fluorescence microscope (Cyscope®) for malaria diagnosis
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Malaria Journal, March 2010
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| DOI | 10.1186/1475-2875-9-88 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Saad El-Din H Hassan, Somia I Okoued, Mahmoud A Mudathir, Elfatih M Malik |
| Abstract |
Early diagnosis and treatment of malaria are necessary components in the control of malaria. The gold standard light microscopy technique has high sensitivity, but is a relatively time-consuming procedure especially during epidemics and in areas of high endemicity. This study attempted to test the sensitivity and specificity of a new diagnostic tool - the Cyscope fluorescence microscope, which is based on the use of Plasmodium nucleic acid-specific fluorescent dyes to facilitate detection of the parasites even in low parasitaemia conditions due to the contrast with the background. |
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|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 1 | 100% |
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| Type | Count | As % |
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| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
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| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 2 | 3% |
| India | 1 | 2% |
| Canada | 1 | 2% |
| Belgium | 1 | 2% |
| Denmark | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 57 | 90% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Master | 13 | 21% |
| Researcher | 11 | 17% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 10 | 16% |
| Student > Bachelor | 6 | 10% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 4 | 6% |
| Other | 12 | 19% |
| Unknown | 7 | 11% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 21 | 33% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 8 | 13% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 6 | 10% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 5 | 8% |
| Engineering | 5 | 8% |
| Other | 8 | 13% |
| Unknown | 10 | 16% |
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