Eurofins Biomnis code

PALU

Synonyms

• Malaria - serology
• Plasmodium falciparum - serology

Specialty

Infectious

Clinical significance

Serological analysis should only be undertaken in certain circumstances:- for retrospective diagnosis if the patient has never previously visited any endemic area;- for screening high-risk candidate blood donors;- for epidemiological purposes, either to estimate the prevalence of the disease or to assess the efficacy of counter measures.

Preanalytics

• 1 mL :
• serum (do not use 10 mL tube)
•   Reftrigerated

• A tube specifically for this analysis : No

Methodology

ELISA

Turnaround time

15 days