Parasight-F dipstick antigen test in the diagnosis of falciparum malaria in Ethiopia

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 626-629

  Mengesha, T ^a   Gebreselassie, H ^a   Mohammed, H ^a   Assefa, T ^a   Woldemichael, T ^a  

^a ETHIOPIAN PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTIDINE RICH PROTEINS; HISTIDINE-RICH PROTEINS; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTEIN;

ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TIME;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ENDEMIC DISEASES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTEINS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033233364     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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