The new assays detect only the most common malaria parasite, P. falciparum, and while they can use
very small blood samples collected «in the field,» the analysis itself needs to be done in a biomedical laboratory.
This test (known as the 4Dx Snap Test by IDEXX) is run in clinic, and requires
a very small blood sample.
A lot can be determined about the health of your pet with
a very small blood sample.
Not exact matches
Researchers have devised a new CRISPR - based tool that will detect
very small amounts of virus and bacteria in
blood and urine
samples for diagnostic tests.
Earlier research had indicated that the test could detect
very small amounts of CTCs — as low as one CTC per billion
blood cells — with that size
blood sample.
«Saliva is easy to collect, there is no need for a needle or a
blood sample and it would be wonderful if in the future we only had to ask a pregnant woman to produce a
small sample of saliva to know whether or not she was at risk of
very early premature birth.
The procedure is
very simple, and only requires a
small blood sample to be drawn from your dog by one of our veterinary technicians.
Most cats are
very tolerant to the
small lancet that is used to collect the
blood sample and, though you may be intimidated initially, most owners indicate that once perfected testing of
blood glucose and administration of insulin is much easier than administering oral medications.