Acridine Orange for malaria diagnosis: Its diagnostic performance, its promotion and implementation in Tanzania, and the implications for malaria control

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 96, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 643-654

  Keiser, J ^a   Utzinger, J ^a   Premji, Z ^b   Yamagata, Y ^c   Singer, B H ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^c JAPAN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRIDINE ORANGE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GIEMSA STAIN; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MEDICAL EDUCATION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TANZANIA;

ACRIDINE ORANGE; ANIMALS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAINING AND LABELING; TANZANIA;

PROTOZOA;

EID: 0036815777     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/000349802125001834     Document Type: Article

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