Field evaluation of the OptiMAL® rapid malaria diagnostic test during anti-malarial therapy in Guyana

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 517-518

  Palmer, Carol J ^a   Validum, Lloyd ^b   Lindo, John ^c   Campa, Adriana ^d   Validum, Celia ^b   Makler, Michael ^e   Cuadrado, Raul R ^a   Ager, Arba ^d  

^a NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Woodlands Hospital   (Guyana)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Flow Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Diagnosis; Guyana; Malaria; OptiMAL ; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; FANSIDAR; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PRIMAQUINE; QUININE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GUYANA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALARIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

CINCHONA PUBESCENS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0032722514     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(99)90357-7     Document Type: Article

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