Ineffectiveness of the binax NOW malaria test for diagnosis of Plasmodium ovale malaria [6]

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 1011-

  Bigaillon, Christine ^a   Fontan, Eléonore ^a   Cavallo, Jean Didier ^a   Hernandez, Eric ^a   Spiegel, André ^a  

^a SERVICE D ENDOCRINOLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 18S;

ARMY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FRANCE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; MALARIA; MALARIA TEST; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PLASMODIUM OVALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA GENE;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM OVALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC;

PLASMODIUM OVALE;

EID: 13844275366     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.2.1011.2005     Document Type: Letter

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