The ParaSight®-F rapid dipstick antigen capture assay for monitoring parasite clearance after drug treatment of Plasmodium falciparum malaria

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 403-405

  Di Perri, Giovanni ^a   Olliaro, Piero ^b   Nardi, Stefano ^c   Allegranzi, Benedetta ^c   Deganello, Roberto ^c   Vento, Sandro ^a   Lanzafame, Massimiliano ^a   Cazzadori, Angelo ^a   Bonora, Stefano ^a   Concia, Ercole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

^c Kiremba Hospital   (Burundi)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Dipstick antigen capture assay; Malaria; ParaSight F test; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

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

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; BURUNDI; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PARASITEMIA; PATIENT MONITORING; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; TEST STRIP; ANIMAL; BLOOD; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CINCHONA PUBESCENS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEINS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; REAGENT STRIPS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030613805     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90257-1     Document Type: Article

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