Evaluation of a rapid and inexpensive dipstick assay for the diagnosis of Plasmodium falciparum malaria

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 553-559

  Mills, C D ^a   Burgess, D C H ^b   Taylor, H J ^b   Kain, K C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b PATH   (United States)

^c TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREVALENCE;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAGENT STRIPS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRAVEL;

EID: 0032790434     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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