Sensitivity and specificity of dipstick tests for rapid diagnosis of malaria in nonimmune travelers

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 721-723

  Jelinek, T ^a   Grobusch, M P ^b   Schwenke, S ^b   Steidl, S ^a   Von Sonnenburg, F ^a   Nothdurft, H D ^a   Klein, E ^b   Loscher T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MICROSCOPY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING;

APUS APUS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0033030784     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.3.721-723.1999     Document Type: Article

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