Leishman Stain

Leishman stain is a Romanowsky stain used in microscopy to differentiate between and identify white blood cells and malaria parasites.

It is a mixture of eosin and methylene blue, and it stains the chromatin of cells blue and the cytoplasm red. This makes it possible to see the parasites under a microscope and to identify the different species of Plasmodium.

Leishman stain is a reliable and effective method for staining blood smears and identifying malaria parasites. The procedure is relatively simple and inexpensive, and it can be performed in resource-limited settings.

Datasets

• Devi et al., 2018 Image Dataset - This contains 1302 images and Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax are the species of interest.

• Das et al., 2015 Image Dataset - It has 750 images containing Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum.

• Khan et al., 2017 Image Dataset - This contains 330 images and Plasmodium vivax is the species of interest.

• Sampathila et al., 2018 Image Dataset - It is a thin, Leishman-stained blood smear image dataset. Plasmodium vivax was the species of interest.

• Sharma et al., 2022 Image Dataset - This is a thin, Leishman-stained blood smear image dataset and Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax are the species of interest.