Diagnostic performance of two antigen capture tests for the diagnosis of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Zimbabwe

Central African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 97-100

  Murahwa, F C ^b   Mharakurwa, S ^a   Mutambu, S L ^a   Rangarira, R ^a   Musana, B J ^a  

^a Blair Research Institute   (Zimbabwe)

^b Cyanamid Zimbabwe (Pvt) Ltd   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTIDINE RICH PROTEINS; HISTIDINE-RICH PROTEINS; PROTEIN;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ZIMBABWE;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, AFFINITY; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEINS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0033107672     PISSN: 00089176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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