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Malaria Slide Method

Manual Slide Method

Malaria Parasite Test is performed to observe malaria parasites in patient blood.Malaria is a mosquito-borne, hemolytic, febrile illness that infects over 200 million people and kills more than 1 million people per year. It is caused by four species of Plasmodium: P.falciparum causes more severe disease than the other plasmodia species and accounts for most malaria deaths. P. falciparum and P. vivax are the most common pathogens, however, there is considerable geographic variation in species distribution. Common symptoms of malaria include; shaking chills that can range from moderate to severe, high fever, profuse sweating, headache, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea, anemia, muscle pain, convulsions, coma, bloody stools

                        

Procedure

• Pour one drop of blood on slide, make smear and dry it  

• Dip in methanol for fixation and dry it

• Dip 2 times in field stain A, wash it with distilled water and dry it  

• Dip 5 times in field stain B, wash it with distilled water and dry it

• Now smear is ready to observe in microscope

Result

If any malaria parasite found in smear that leads to positive result.


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