Basic malaria microscopy. Volume 2, Tutor's guide / World Health Organization.

Format:

Book

Government document

Contributor:

World Health Organization.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical microscopy.

Malaria--Diagnosis--Laboratory manuals.

Malaria.

Malaria--Prevention.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (57 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Geneva : WHO, 2010.

Summary:

Microscopists are vital to malaria programmes, and their diagnostic and technical skills are relied on in both curative services and disease surveillance. Thus, training in malaria microscopy must be sound and must reach today's high standards. This training package has been adjusted to meet the changes in the way malaria is diagnosed and treated. The training manual is divided in two parts: a learner's guide (Part I) and a tutor's guide (Part II). The package includes a CD-ROM, prepared by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which contains microphotographs of the

Contents:

COVER; COPYRIGHT; Contents; Preface to the second edition; Introduction; Learning unit 1: Malaria, the disease; Learning unit 2: Cleaning and storing microscope slides; Learning unit 3: Keeping accurate records; Learning unit 4: Preparing blood films; Learning unit 5: Staining blood films with Giemsa stain; Learning unit 6: The microscope; Learning unit 7: Examining blood films; Learning unit 8: Examining blood films for malaria parasites; 39 Learning unit 9: Routine examination of blood films for malaria parasites; Learning unit 10: Supervision in malaria microscopy

Annex 1: Equipment and reagents required for the training course Annex 2: Questionnaire for evaluating training

Notes:

Includes questionnaire for evaluation of training.

ISBN:

1-282-76085-8

9786612760853

92-4-068539-1

OCLC:

662259094