The ICT Malaria® Pf : A simple, rapid dipstick test for the diagnosis of Plasmodium falciparum malaria at the Thai-Myanmar border

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 723-726

  Thepsamarn, Pongthep ^a   Prayoollawongsa, Nukun ^a   Puksupa, Prapaporn ^a   Puttoom, Pranorm ^a   Thaidumrong, Poungpaka ^a   Wongchai, Somjit ^a   Doddara, Jintana ^a   Tantayarak, Jirapa ^a   Buchachart, Kasinee ^b   Wilairatana, Polrat ^b   Looareesuwan, Sornchai ^b  

^a Taksin Hospital   (Thailand)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MYANMAR; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THAILAND;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MASS SCREENING; MYANMAR; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THAILAND;

EID: 0031306490     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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