Field trials of a rapid test for G6PD deficiency in combination with a rapid diagnosis of malaria

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 245-250

  Tantular, I S ^a   Iwai, K ^b   Lin, Khin ^c   Basuki, S ^a   Horie, T ^h   Htay, H H ^d   Matsuoka, H ^b   Marwoto, H ^e   Wongsrichanalai, C ^f   Dachlan, Y P ^a   Kojima, S ^h   Ishii, A ^b   Kawamoto, F ^g  

^a Faculty of Medicine   (Indonesia)

^b JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Vector Borne Diseases Control Project   (Myanmar)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YANGON   (Myanmar)

^e AFRIMS ^*  (Indonesia)

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

^g NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^h NONE

Author keywords

Acridine orange staining; Field survey; G6 PD deficiency; Glucose 6 phosphate dehydrogenase; Indonesia; Malaria diagnosis; Myanmar; Rapid test

Indexed keywords

ACRIDINE ORANGE; FORMAZAN; PRIMAQUINE;

HEALTH CARE; MALARIA; MONITORING;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; INDONESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MYANMAR; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; SCREENING TEST;

ACRIDINE ORANGE; ANTIMALARIALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HUMANS; INDONESIA; MALARIA; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MYANMAR; PRIMAQUINE; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

INDONESIA; MYANMAR;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0032941066     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1999.00395.x     Document Type: Article

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