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- Parasite Classification | - Parasite, Body Site |
- Stool Testing Order Recommendations | - STAT Testing |
- Fecal Fixatives | - Stool Collection Options | - Report Comments |
- Tips for Fecal ImmunoAssay | - Malaria (5 Species) |
- Malaria (5 Species) Images | - Rapid Malaria Testing |
- Malaria Parasitemia Method | - Malaria Parasitemia Interpretation |
- USE OF A REFERENCE LABORATORY FOR PARASITE BLOOD DIAGNOSTIC TESTING (Including the Binax Rapid Test and Report Comments)
- HELMINTH PARASITES ASSOCIATED WITH EOSINOPHILIA | - Histology: Staining Characteristics - Table 1 | - Histological Identification of Parasites - Table 2 | - Figures for Histology Identification Table 2 |

RAPID MALARIA TESTING

The BinaxNOW Malaria Test is a rapid immuno-diagnostic assay for differentiation and detection of circulating Plasmodium falciparum (P.f.) antigen and the panspecific antigen common to all to malarial species: Plasmodium vivax (P.v.), Plasmodium ovale (P.o.), Plasmodium malariae (P.m.), and Plasmodium knowlesi (P.k.) in whole blood.  It is FDA approved (June, 2007).