Open AccessEvaluation of Malaria Blood Smears Sent to National Malaria Reference Laboratory
Author(s) -
Selma Usluca,
Cahit Babür,
Özlem Kurtcebe,
Seher Topluoğlu,
Selçuk Kılıç
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
türkiye parazitoloji dergisi/türkiye parazitoloji dergisi
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.207
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 2146-3077
pISSN - 1300-6320
DOI - 10.4274/tpd.galenos.2019.6410
Subject(s) - malaria , plasmodium malariae , medicine , plasmodium ovale , public health , blood smear , plasmodium vivax , plasmodium falciparum , environmental health , immunology , pathology
Although the disease has been eliminated in Turkey malaria continues to be a threat due to increase in the number of people coming from or going to countries where the disease is endemic. In this study, we aimed to evaluate blood smears sent to the National Malaria Reference Laboratory within the malaria surveillance system.