An assessment of the accuracy of clinical diagnosis, local microscopy and a rapid immunochromatographic card test in comparison with expert microscopy in the diagnosis of malaria in rural Kenya

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 519-520

  Stow, Nicholas W ^a,b   Torrens, James K ^a,d   Walker, John ^c  

^a PCEA Chogoria Hospital   (Kenya)

^b ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d SEACROFT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Diagnosis; ICT Malaria Pf(TM) test; Kenya; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SYMPTOM;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0032698644     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(99)90359-0     Document Type: Article

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