The Use of a Rapid Diagnostic Test to Determine Malaria as a Cause of Death

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 356-357

  Chappuis, François ^a,b   Samii, Kaveh ^b   Rougemont, Anne Laure ^c   Loutan, Louis ^a  

^a Travel and Migration Medicine Unit   (Switzerland)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD; BLOOD SMEAR; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MADAGASCAR; MALARIA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SWITZERLAND; TOURISM; TRAVEL; TROPICAL DISEASE;

EID: 0346457233     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7060.2003.9369     Document Type: Article

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