Field and laboratory comparative evaluation of ten rapid malaria diagnostic tests

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 258-265

  Craig, M H ^a   Bredenkamp, B L ^a   Vaughan Williams, C H ^a   Rossouw, E J ^a   Kelly, V J ^a   Kleinschmidt, I ^a   Martineau, A ^a   Henry, G F J ^a  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Evaluation; Malaria; Microscopy; Plasmodium falciparum; Polymerase chain reaction; Rapid tests; Sensitivity; South Africa; Specificity

Indexed keywords

RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SMEAR; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DILUTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALARIA; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES; STANDARD; STORAGE;

ANIMALS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTH AFRICA;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0036061906     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(02)90092-1     Document Type: Article

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