Feasibility of a rapid dipstick antigen-capture assay for self-testing of travellers' malaria

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 442-447

  Trachsler, Matthias ^a   Schlagenhauf, Patricia ^a   Steffen, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Antigen capture assay; Malaria; Self test; Travellers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MALARIA; MALE; SELF EVALUATION;

PROTOZOA;

EID: 0032794089     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1999.00419.x     Document Type: Article

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