Comparison of two commercial assays with expert microscopy for confirmation of symptomatically diagnosed malaria

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 4675-4678

  Iqbal, Jamshaid ^a   Khalid, Nabila ^a   Hira, Parsotam R ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PROTEIN PFHRP 2; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GIEMSA STAIN; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KUWAIT; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MICROSCOPY; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PERFORMANCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOM;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALARIA; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; MICROSCOPY; PLASMODIUM; PROTEINS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0036899089     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.12.4675-4678.2002     Document Type: Article

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