Disappearance of pan-malarial antigen reactivity using the ICT Malaria P.f/P.v(TM) kit parallels decline of patent parasitaemia as shown by microscopy

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 169-170

  Eisen, Damon P ^a,b   Saul, Allan ^b  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antigen detection; ICT Malaria P.f P.v(TM) test; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; Plasmodium vivax; Rapid diagnostic

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; MALARIA; MICROSCOPY; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

EID: 0034102877     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(00)90262-1     Document Type: Article

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