Diagnosis of Malaria


·         Parasite-based diagnosis is recommended for all patients presenting with signs and symptoms of malaria.

·         The recommended investigations are: malaria microscopy and malaria rapid diagnostic tests (mRDTs)

·        In severe malaria, blood slide (BS) is a recommended malaria test as it quantifies parasitemia.

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