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Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., s1-31(4), 1951, pp. 411-413
Copyright © 1951 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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An Easier and More Accurate Diagnosis of Malaria and Filariasis through the Use of the Skin Scarification Smear1

Louis Van Den Berghe AND Marcel Chardome2

The superficial scarification of the scapular region is advocated in order to obtain a thin smear of dermal juice which, stained with Giemsa, provides an easy and more accurate means, both quantitatively and qualitatively, of diagnosing malaria parasites as well as the microfilarias of both blood and skin.


1 This article was written by the senior investigator during his stay as Visiting Professor of Tropical Medicine at the Tulane University of Louisiana School of Medicine, New Orleans, for the 1950–51 session.


2 Both from the Institut pour la Recherche Scientifique en Afrique Centrale (I.R.S.A.C.).






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