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This study developed and evaluated an artificial intelligence-assisted diagnosis (AI-assisted diagnostic) tool for malaria parasites.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The peripheral blood samples of malaria patients were collected. Thin blood film smear were prepared, stained and examined by microscopic. After manual confirmation and validation with qPCR, the images of infected red blood cells (iRBCs) of\n                      <jats:italic>P. falciparum<\/jats:italic>\n                      were captured. Using a sliding window method, each original image was cropped into 20 small images (518\u2009\u00d7\u2009486 pixels). Selected iRBCs were classified, and\n                      <jats:italic>P. falciparum<\/jats:italic>\n                      was detected using the YOLOv3 deep learning-based object detection algorithm.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      A total of 262 images were tested. The YOLOv3 model detected 358\n                      <jats:italic>P. falciparum<\/jats:italic>\n                      -containing iRBCs, with a false negative rate of 1.68% (6 missed iRBCs) and false positive rate of 3.91% (14 misreported iRBCs), yielding an overall recognition accuracy of 94.41%.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The developed AI-assisted diagnostic tool exhibits robust efficiency and accuracy in\n                      <jats:italic>Plasmodium falciparum<\/jats:italic>\n                      recognition in clinical thin blood smears. 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