Sample Requirements:
EDTA tube; smear prepared immediately.
Purpose:
Microscopic confirmation of malaria parasites in blood.
High Levels:
Confirms Plasmodium infection.
Low Levels:
No malaria parasites seen.
Reference Range:
Negative
PDL0346
Microbiology
87207
Whole Blood
EDTA tube; smear prepared immediately.
Microscopic confirmation of malaria parasites in blood.
Confirms Plasmodium infection.
No malaria parasites seen.
Negative