ParaSight-F test to diagnose malaria in hypo-endemic and epidemic prone regions of Vietnam

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 794-796

  Verle P ^a,b   Binh, L N ^b   Lieu, T T ^b   Yen, P T ^b   Coosemans, M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b National Institute for Malariology   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

diagnosis; epidemics; malaria; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; SCREENING; VIET NAM;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

EID: 0030473905     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.1996.tb00112.x     Document Type: Article

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