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|Department  
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|Haematology, thick film referred to Canterbury Health Laboratories  
|Haematology  
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|Test Code  
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Malarial parasites  
Malarial parasites  


Thick films  
Malarial Antigens


Malarial Antigens
Malaria NAAT
 
Malaria PCR
 
Thick and Thin films
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|Availability
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|Turnaround Time  
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|Malarial Antigen result within an hour.  
|Malarial NAAT result within 2 hours
Species identification via thin film within 4 hours 
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|Stability – Add test  
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|Preferred  
|Preferred  
|4 mL EDTA <span style="background: #ba55d3"> Purple-Top </span> - film to be made ASAP    
|4 mL EDTA <span style="background: #ba55d3"> Purple-Top </span> - film to be made ASAP    
<nowiki>*</nowiki>Please provide recent travel history and history of past malaria infection
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|Acceptable  
|Acceptable  
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