Comparison of a rapid field immunochromatographic test to expert microscopy for the detection of Plasmodium falciparum asexual parasitemia in Thailand

Acta Tropica

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 263-273

  Wongsrichanalai, C ^a   Chuanak, N ^a   Tulyayon, S ^a   Thanoosingha, N ^a   Laoboonchai, A ^a   Thimasarn, K ^b   Brewer, T G ^a   Heppner, D G ^a  

^a ARMED FORCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Thailand)

^b Dept Communic Dis Contr Min P   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Giemsa stain; ICT Malaria Pf Test(TM) (ICT test); Light microscopy; Malaria rapid diagnostic device (MRDD); P. falciparum histidine rich protein 2 (PfHRP2); Plasmodium falciparum (Pf); Thailand

Indexed keywords

ARTESUNATE; MEFLOQUINE; PRIMAQUINE;

FIELD METHOD; MALARIA; MONITORING; PARASITE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; THAILAND;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEINS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; THAILAND;

ARTESUNATE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0032704731     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(99)00040-6     Document Type: Article

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