Evaluation of the Sysmex XN-31 automated analyser for blood donor malaria screening at Malawi Blood Transfusion Services.

The automated Sysmex XN-31 analyser's high sensitivity and specificity, ability to detect all Plasmodium species and high throughput with rapid turnaround-time, overcomes many of the limitations of currently available diagnostic tests, making it well-suited for malaria screening of donated blood in malaria-endemic countries in support of TTM risk reduction.