Pregnancy malaria (PM) due to Plasmodium falciparum ... whereas peripheral blood smears often appear negative. In addition, many infected women remain asymptomatic, especially in areas of high ...

Despite decades of efforts focused on mosquito eradication, drug therapies, and vaccines, malaria remains hard to beat, especially in Africa.

Even though they are similar in some ways, malaria and dengue are different. On World Malaria ... involves microscopic examination of blood smears for the presence of Plasmodium parasites or ...

which is Giemsa stained and examined under oil immersion for the presence of malaria parasites in red blood cells. Thick blood smears concentrate dehemoglobinized red blood cells to improve ...