The evaluation of a dipstick test for Plasmodium falciparum in mining areas of Venezuela

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 482-484

  Caraballo, Alejandro ^a   Ache, Alberto ^b  

^a Centro de Investigaciones de Campo Dr Francesco Vitanza   (Venezuela)

^b Division de Epidemiologia   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRIDINE ORANGE; ANTIGEN; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; BUFFER; FANSIDAR; HISTIDINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MINING; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREDICTION; TROPHOZOITE; VENEZUELA;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0029824065     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1996.55.482     Document Type: Article

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