A cost analysis of the use of the rapid, whole-blood, immunochromatographic P.f/P.v assay for the diagnosis of Plasmodium vivax malaria in a rural area of Sri Lanka

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 5-13

  Fernando, S D ^a   Karunaweera, N D ^a   Fernando, W P ^b   Attanayake, N ^c   Wickremasinghe, A R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^b Anti Malaria Campaign   (Sri Lanka)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SRI JAYEWARDENEPURA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PREDICTION; RURAL AREA; SAMPLE SIZE; SRI LANKA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMATOGRAPHY; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC TESTS; MALARIA, VIVAX; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; RURAL HEALTH; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SRI LANKA;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PROTOZOA;

EID: 1142273182     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/000349804225003064     Document Type: Article

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