Malaria screening of blood donors in Saudi Arabia

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 5-6, 2002, Pages 329-332

  Saeed, Awad A ^a   Al Rasheed, Abdul Mohsen ^a   Al Nasser, Ibrahim ^a   Al Onaizi, Moayad ^a   Al Kahtani, Saeed ^b   Dubois, Louis ^b  

^a Prince Sultan Military Medical City   (Saudi Arabia)

^b NONE   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Antibody assay; Antigen assay; ELISA; Malaria screening

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAUDI ARABIA; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036765378     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.2002.329     Document Type: Article

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