Evaluation of the Binax NOW® ICT test versus polymerase chain reaction and microscopy for the detection of malaria in returned travelers

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 589-592

  Farcas, Gabriella A ^a   Zhong, Kathleen J Y ^a   Lovegrove, Fiona E ^a   Graham, Christopher M ^b   Kain, Kevin C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM OVALE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; STANDARD; TRAVEL; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM OVALE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRAVEL;

EID: 1342268423     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2003.69.6.0690589     Document Type: Article

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