A comparison of three malaria diagnostic tests, under field conditions in north-west Thailand

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 625-630

  Stephens, J K ^a   Phanart, K ^b   Rooney, W ^b   Barnish, G ^c  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Ghana)

^b MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

^c LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; INFANT; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THAILAND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINOMETRY; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC TESTS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THAILAND;

EID: 0033290718     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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