Parasite-specific lactate dehydrogenase for the diagnosis of Plasmodium falciparum infection in an endemic area in West Uganda

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 227-230

  Jelinek, T ^a   Kilian, A H D ^a,b   Henk, M ^c   Mughusu, E B ^b   Nothdurft, H D ^a   Loscher T ^a   Knobloch, J ^c   Sonnenburg, F V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit mbH   (Uganda)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Malaria diagnosis; Malaria epidemiology

Indexed keywords

LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; UGANDA;

EID: 0030002457     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.1996.tb00031.x     Document Type: Article

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