Malaria diagnosis by field workers using an immunochromatographic test

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 396-397

  Singh, Neeru ^a   Valecha, Neena ^b   Sharma, V P ^b  

^a NSCB MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MALARIA RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Histidine rich protein 2; ICT Malaria PfTest; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; Rapid antigen capture assay

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FOREST; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SERODIAGNOSIS;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0030797930     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90254-6     Document Type: Article

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