A doctor explains how to avoid malaria with illustrations: ParaSight F, the rapid test for malaria in Kenya. Colour lithograph by Becton Dickinson, ca. 2000.

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[2000?]
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755283i
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A doctor explains how to avoid malaria with illustrations: ParaSight F, the rapid test for malaria in Kenya. Colour lithograph by Becton Dickinson, ca. 2000. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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ParaSight F was a simple diagnostic strip test tried around 2000 for malaria that detects a water soluble antigen, histidine rich protein 2, which is produced by blood stages of P. falciparum

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[United Kingdom] : Becton Dickinson, [2000?]

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1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; sheet 58.8 x 84 cm

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Join the fight against malaria! ... A community health message from Becton Dickinson the manufacturers of ParaSight F the Rapid test for falciparum malaria. Bears logo: ParaSight F Illustrations bear headings: 'Always sleep under a mosquito net'; 'Cut the long grass around your compound. As well as clear any old tins, tyres, and bottles - these are mosquito breeding places'; 'Fill puddles around your house with soil. Drain all unnecessary water around your home'

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Becton Dickinson ca.2000 27/07/2011 UK UkLW Transcription from the item

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Wellcome Collection 755283i

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