Comparison of the ParaSight®-F test and the ICT Malaria Pf® test with the polymerase chain reaction for the diagnosis of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in travellers

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 166-169

  Pieroni, Peter ^a   Mills, Caroline Dawn ^a   Ohrt, Colin ^b   Harrington, Mary Anne ^a   Kain, Kevin C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^c TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Histidine rich protein 2; ICT Malaria Pf test; Malaria; Microscopy; ParaSight F test; Piasmodium malariae; Plasmodium falciparum; Plasmodium ovale; Plasmodium vivax; Polymerase chain reaction; Travellers

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MIXED INFECTION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM OVALE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STANDARD; TRAVEL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ANIMAL; CHILD; FEMALE; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEST STRIP;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM OVALE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PROTOZOA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REAGENT STRIPS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRAVEL;

EID: 0031596103     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(98)90730-1     Document Type: Article

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