Performance of a malaria microscopy image analysis slide reading device.

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Published in Malar J on May 06, 2012

Authors

William R Prescott1, Robert G Jordan, Martin P Grobusch, Vernon M Chinchilli, Immo Kleinschmidt, Joseph Borovsky, Mark Plaskow, Miguel Torrez, Maximo Mico, Christopher Schwabe

Author Affiliations

1: Hydas World Health, Hershey, PA 17033, USA. william.prescott@HydasWorldHealth.org

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