Use of dipstick tests for the rapid diagnosis of malaria in nonimmune travelers

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 175-179

  Jelinek, T ^a,c   Grobusch, M P ^b   Nothdurft, H D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

HISTIDINE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS REACTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MULTICENTER STUDY; NONHUMAN; TRAVEL;

EID: 0033849654     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7060.2000.00055     Document Type: Article

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