Evaluation of the ICT malaria Pf test for rapid post-mortem diagnosis of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in corpses examined for forensic reasons

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 251-252

  Sing, Andreas ^a   Rauch, Elisabeth ^b   Roggenkamp, Andreas ^a   Autenrieth, Ingo B ^a   Heesemann, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Inst Rechtsmedizin Ludwig M   (Germany)

Author keywords

Forensic; ICT Malaria Pf Test; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; Post mortem diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033920720     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004149900123     Document Type: Article

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