Evaluation of the optimal test for rapid diagnosis of Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparurn malaria

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 203-206

  Palmer, Carol J ^a   Lindo, John F ^b   Klaskala, Winslow I ^b   Quesada, Jose A ^b   Kaminsky, Rina ^b   Baum, Marianna K ^b   Ager, Arba L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EPIDEMIC; HONDURAS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALARIA; PARASITOSIS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM PARASITES; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0031974508     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.1.203-206.1998     Document Type: Article

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