ArticleJournal of clinical microbiology2018
Malaria Diagnostic Practices in U.S. Laboratories in 2017.
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- CDC Operational Guidance for Investigating Locally Acquired Mosquito-Transmitted Malaria - United States, 2026.MMWR. Recommendations and reports : Morbidity and mortality weekly report. Recommendations and reports · 2026Article
- Public Health Response to the First Locally Acquired Malaria Outbreaks in the US in 20 Years.JAMA network open · 2025Article
- Real-World Application of Digital Morphology Analyzers: Practical Issues and Challenges in Clinical Laboratories.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Locally Acquired (Autochthonous) Mosquito-Transmitted Plasmodium vivax Malaria - Saline County, Arkansas, September 2023.MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report · 2024Article
- Malaria Surveillance - United States, 2018.Morbidity and mortality weekly report. Surveillance summaries (Washington, D.C. : 2002) · 2022Article
- Malaria diagnosis in a malaria non-endemic high-resource country: high variation of diagnostic strategy in clinical laboratories in the Netherlands.Malaria journal · 2021Article
- Malaria Surveillance - United States, 2017.Morbidity and mortality weekly report. Surveillance summaries (Washington, D.C. : 2002) · 2021Article
- Evaluation of the sick returned traveler.Seminars in diagnostic pathology · 2019Review
- Barriers to Timely Diagnosis and Treatment of Vector-Borne Diseases in a Changing Climate: A Case Report.Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974)Article
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Abstract
In the United States, the gold standard for malaria diagnosis is microscopic blood smear examination. Because malaria is not endemic in the United States, diagnostic capabilities may be limited, causing delays in diagnosis and increased morbidity and mortality. A survey of the malaria diagnostic practices of U.S. laboratories was conducted from June to July 2017; members of the American Society for Microbiology's listserv received a questionnaire inquiring about malaria diagnostic test availability, techniques, and reporting. Results were assessed using the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) guidelines for malaria diagnostics. After excluding incomplete and duplicate responses, responses representing 175 laboratories were included. Most labs (99%) received at least one specimen annually for malaria diagnosis, and 31% reported receiving only 1 to 10 specimens. The majority (74%) diagnosed five or fewer cases of malaria per year. Most (90%) performed blood smears on-site. Two-thirds (70%) provided initial blood smear results within 4 h. Although diagnostic testing for malaria was available 24/7 at 74% (141) of responding laboratories, only 12% (17) met criteria for analysis and reporting of malaria testing, significantly more than reported in a similar survey in 2010 (3%;
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