Bedside diagnosis of imported malaria using the Binax Now malaria antigen detection test.

Malaria may be misdiagnosed in non-endemic countries when the necessary experience for rapid expert microscopy is lacking. Rapid diagnostic tests may improve the diagnosis and may play a role as a bedside diagnostic tool. In a multicentre study we recruited patients suspected of malaria over a period of 14 months.

Microscopical, Biochemical, and Immunological Studies of the Immune Defense System of the Horseshoe Crab, Limulus polyphemus.

The immune defense system of Limulus polyphemus was explored. Two distinct cells, granulocytes and plasmatocytes, were revealed in the hemolymph by light microscopy of live cells, by light microscopy serial sectioning, and by transmission electron microscopy combined with immuno-gold labelling. The granulocytes (amebocytes) comprised about 99% of the hemocytes.