Appraisal of the acridine orange method for rapid malaria diagnosis at three Tanzanian district hospitals

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 504-507

  Tarimo, D S ^a   Mpembeni, R ^b,d   Kawawa, H ^c   Mshana, T C ^c  

^a Dept of Parasitology/Entomology ^*  (Tanzania)

^b MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^c Urban Health Project   (Tanzania)

^d Institute of Public Health   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRIDINE ORANGE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; FLUORESCENT DYE;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GIEMSA STAIN; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALARIA; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TANZANIA; TIME;

ACRIDINE ORANGE; AZURE STAINS; FLUORESCENT DYES; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HUMANS; MALARIA; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TANZANIA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032149658     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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