Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2012;10(11):1331-1342. PCR has technical advantages over histology for malaria surveillance because sample collection is simple (finger-prick blood spot on filter ...

Pregnancy malaria (PM) due to Plasmodium falciparum ... including blood smear microscopy, RDTs, PCR-based methods, and finally placental histology, which is often cited as the gold standard ...