Rapid diagnosis of falciparum malaria by using the ParaSight F test in travellers returning to the United Kingdom: Prospective study

BMJ

Volumn 321, Issue 7259, 2000, Pages 484-485

  Cropley, I M ^a   Lockwood, Diana N J ^a   Mack, D ^a   Pasvol, G ^a   Davidson, R N ^a  

^a NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TRAVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CHILD; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRAVEL;

EID: 0034686950     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.321.7259.484     Document Type: Article

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