A rapid dipstick antigen capture assay for the diagnosis of falciparum malaria

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 47-54

  Trigg, P I ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PILOT PROJECTS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0003179236     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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