The ParaSight®-F dipstick test as a routine diagnostic tool for malaria in Sri Lanka

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 398-402

  Kodisinghe, H M ^a,b   Perera, K L R L ^b   Premawansa, S ^b,c   Naotunne, T D S ^b   Wickramasinghe, A R ^b,d   Mendis, K N ^b  

^a Regional office National Water Supply and Drainage Board   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^d University of Sri Jayawardenapura   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Malaria; ParaSight F test; Plasmodium falciparum; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; HISTIDINE RICH PROTEINS; HISTIDINE-RICH PROTEINS; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SMEAR; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GAMETOCYTE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PATIENT MONITORING; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SRI LANKA; TEST STRIP; ANIMAL; ASIA; BLOOD; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASES; DRUG RESISTANCE; EVALUATION; EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; IMMUNOLOGY; LABORATORY EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; LABORATORY PROCEDURES; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOSIS; RESEARCH REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTHERN ASIA; TESTING; TIME;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ASIA; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIALS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; LABORATORY EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; LABORATORY PROCEDURES; MALARIA; MEASUREMENT; PARASITIC DISEASES; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SOUTHERN ASIA; SRI LANKA; TESTING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; ANTIMALARIALS; CHLOROQUINE; DRUG RESISTANCE; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEINS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; REAGENT STRIPS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SRI LANKA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030613802     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90255-8     Document Type: Article

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