Blood Analyzing Device for Malaria Analysis

A blood analyzing device comprising:

• a holder arranged to carry a container having a cuvette comprising a hemolyzed blood sample;
• a light source arranged to generate input light of at least one wavelength at which a hemoglobin (Hb) species has absorbance and to direct said input light into said hemolyzed blood sample;
• a detector system arranged to detect output light from said hemolyzed blood sample and to generate, based on said output light, i) a Hb signal representative of an amount of said Hb species in said hemolyzed blood sample and ii) a parasite signal representative of an amount of malaria parasites in said hemolyzed blood sample;
• a processor configured to process said Hb signal to generate a red blood cell value representative of a concentration of red blood cells in said blood sample prior to hemolysis and configured to generate, based on said parasite signal and said red blood cell value, a parasitemia value representative of a percentage of said red blood cells in said blood sample that are infected by a respective malaria parasite;
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• a display arranged to display said parasitemia value.