Malaria diagnosis by dipstick assay in a Honduran population with coendemic Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 868-871

  Quintana, Miguel ^a   Piper, Robert ^b   Boling, Helen Louise ^c   Makler, Michael ^b   Sherman, Catalina ^d   Gill, Enrique ^d   Fernandez, Eduardo ^d   Martin, Samuel ^a  

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

^b Flow Inc   (United States)

^c JTF Bravo Soto Cono Air Base   (Honduras)

^d Ministry of Health   (Honduras)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HONDURAS; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MIXED INFECTION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0032446704     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1998.59.868     Document Type: Article

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