ParaSight®-F test for the detection of treatment failure in multidrug resistant Plasmodium falciparum malaria

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 513-515

  Karbwang, Juntra ^a   Tasanor, Oumaporn ^a   Kanda, Tozo ^b   Wattanagoon, Yupaporn ^a   Ibrahim, Msengi ^a   Na Bangchang, Kesara ^a   Thanavibul, Aurathai ^a   Rooney, William ^c  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Japan Assoc of Tropical Medicine   (Japan)

^c MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Malaria; ParaSight F test; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMETHER; EDETIC ACID; ARTEMISININ DERIVATIVE; SESQUITERPENE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREDICTION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SESQUITERPENES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0029662072     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(96)90298-9     Document Type: Article

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