ENHANCED DETECTION OF PLASMODIUM-VIVAX LIVER STAGES BY CYTOCENTRIFUGATION

Malaria parasites circulating in the blood or developing in the mosqui to host can easily be seen and studied. We know much less about malari a parasites in the liver not only because of their location, but also because there are so few of them. Hepatic parasites are most often gro wn within hepatoma cells in culture, stained and visualized on slides under direct microscopy. In this report, Chitraporn Karnasuta and Geor ge Watt investigate the potential of cytocentrifugation as a tool for improving the detection of liver-stage malaria parasites.