False positive ParaSight®-F test for malaria in patients with rheumatoid factor

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 33-34

  Bartoloni, Alessandro ^a   Strohmeyer, Marianne ^a   Sabatinelli, Guido ^b   Benucci, Maurizio ^c   Serni, Umberto ^c   Paradisi, Franco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c Dept of Urology   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Malaria; Parasight F test; Plasmodium falciparum; Rheumatoid factor

Indexed keywords

RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALARIA; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TREATMENT FAILURE;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0031931535     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(98)90945-2     Document Type: Article

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