Web-based virtual microscopy for parasitology: a novel tool for education and quality assurance.

• Main Authors: Ewert Linder (Author), Mikael Lundin (Author), Cecilia Thors (Author), Marianne Lebbad (Author), Jadwiga Winiecka-Krusnell (Author), Heikki Helin (Author), Byron Leiva (Author), Jorma Isola (Author), Johan Lundin (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: The basis for correctly assessing the burden of parasitic infections and the effects of interventions relies on a somewhat shaky foundation as long as we do not know how reliable the reported laboratory findings are. Thus virtual microscopy, successfully introduced as a histopathology to...