Evaluation of an immunochromatography test for malaria diagnosis under different storage conditions

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 194-195

  De Souza Rodrigues Penhalbel, Roberta ^a   Fugikaha, Érica ^a   Lorenzetti, Alexandre ^a   Alves, Renata Tommé ^a   Cavasini, Carlos Eugênio ^a   Rossit, Andrèa Regina Baptista ^a   Calvosa, Vanja Suely Pachiano ^b   D'Almeida Couto, Álvaio Augusto ^c   Machado, Ricardo Luiz Dantas ^a,d  

^a FACULDADE DE MEDICINA DE SÃO JOSÉ DO RIO PRETO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO EVANDRO CHAGAS   (Brazil)

^c Gerência de Projeto e Pesquisa   (Brazil)

^d FMSJRP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Immunochromatography; Malaria; Plasmodium sp

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM OVALE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

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

EID: 17144386933     PISSN: 00378682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0037-86822005000200015     Document Type: Article

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