MalaQuick(TM) versus ParaSight F® as a diagnostic aid in travellers' malaria

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 268-272

  Funk, Maia ^a   Schlagenhauf, Patricia ^a   Tschopp, Alois ^a   Steffen, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Malaquick(TM) (ICT); Malaria; Parasight F ; Rapid test; Travellers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALARIA; NORMAL HUMAN; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RELIABILITY; SELF EVALUATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEST STRIP; TRAVEL; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; BLOOD; EVALUATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PATIENT SATISFACTION;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

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

ADULT; BLOOD PROTEINS; EVALUATION STUDIES; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROTEINS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REAGENT STRIPS; TRAVEL;

EID: 0032588362     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(99)90018-4     Document Type: Article

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