Comparative performance of the ParaSight® F test for detection of Plasmodium falciparum in malaria-immune and nonimmune populations in Irian Jaya, Indonesia

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 547-552

  Fryauff, D J ^a   Gomez Saladin, E ^b   Purnomo, ^a   Sumawinata, I ^a   Sutamihardja, M A ^a   Tuti, S ^b   Subianto, B ^c   Richie, T L ^a  

^a US Naval Medical Research Unit No 2   (United States)

^b NIHRD   (Indonesia)

^c Provincial Health Service   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD TESTING; CHILD HEALTH; MALARIA;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDONESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING TEST;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ASIA; BIOLOGY; CHILD; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; IMMUNITY; INDONESIA; LABORATORY EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; MALARIA--PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PARASITIC DISEASES; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SOUTHEASTERN ASIA; YOUTH;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; HUMANS; INDONESIA; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PARASITEMIA; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

INDONESIA, IRIAN JAYA;

EID: 0031425761     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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