Use of the parasight®-F diagnostic test for imported malaria in a travel clinic

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 63, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 76-79

  Bouchaud, O ^a   Houze S ^a   Longuet, C ^a   Di Piazza, J P ^a   Ruggieri, C ^a   Secardin Y ^a   Coulaud, J P ^a   Le Bras, J ^a  

^a BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENOUS BLOOD; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; BLOOD; EVALUATION; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FRANCE; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; TRAVEL;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRAVEL;

EID: 0034351217     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2000.63.76     Document Type: Article

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