Post treatment sensitivity studies with the parasight®-F test for malaria diagnosis in Zimbabwe

Acta Tropica

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 61-67

  Mharakurwa, S ^a   Shiff, C J ^b  

^a Blair Research Institute   (Zimbabwe)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Antigenaemia; Diagnosis; Falciparum malaria; Recrudesence

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; HISTIDINE; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PARASITEMIA; ZIMBABWE;

ANTIMALARIALS; CHLOROQUINE; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ZIMBABWE;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0030748532     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(97)00674-8     Document Type: Article

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