Evaluation of the direct acridine orange staining method and Q.B.C. @ test for diagnosis of malaria in Delhi, India

Journal of Communicable Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 279-282

  Nandwani, S ^a   Mathur, M ^a   Rawat, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRIDINE ORANGE;

ACRIDINE ORANGE STAIN; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GIEMSA STAIN; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; QUANTITATIVE BUFFY COAT TEST; STAINING;

ACRIDINE ORANGE; AZURE STAINS; COLORING AGENTS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX;

EID: 18144362904     PISSN: 00195138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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