| evaluation of methods for the laboratory diagnosis of malaria in guyana. | when 297 blood samples taken from patients attending a fever clinic in georgetown public hospital were examined microscopically, after thick and thin blood films had been stained with giemsa, one hundred and forty-two (47.8%) were microscopically positive for malaria. after processing the patient's serum, samples by the indirect fluorescent antibody (ifa) technique, specific igg and igm antibodies were detected in 239 (81.3%) and 179 (60.1%), respectively, of the sera. based on the microscopical ... | 1993 | 8273318 |