Trial with ParaSight-F in the Detection of Plasmodium falciparum Infection in Chennai (Tamil Nadu), India

Indian Journal of Malariology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 160-162

  Kar, Indranil ^a   Eapen, Alex ^a   Adak, T ^a   Sharma, V P ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MALARIA RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Malaria; P. falciparum; ParaSight F

Indexed keywords

HISTIDINE RICH PROTEINS; HISTIDINE-RICH PROTEINS; PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EVALUATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INDIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMANS; INDIA; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEINS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032152801     PISSN: 03678326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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