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DURING recent years, the thick-film method of searching for malaria and other blood parasites has largely displaced thin films, especially in what are called ‘field surveys’ where hundreds and even thousands of blood films may have to be examined. The stain most used is Giemsa (1 c.c. of stain to 15 c.c. of distilled water). Films are stained by immersion for 20 min. in the diluted stain without previous dehæmoglobinization. While this method gives reasonably good results, it has the disadvantage of deeply staining the envelopes of the erythrocytes which adhere to the slide, even though they have lost their hæmoglobin.
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SHUTE, P. An Improved Technique for staining Blood Films with Giemsa Stain. Nature 175, 727 (1955). https://doi.org/10.1038/175727a0
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