Quality assessment of malaria laboratory diagnosis in South Africa

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 675-677

  Dini, Leigh ^a   Frean, John ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Malaria; Quality assessment; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GIEMSA STAIN; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; LABORATORY TEST; MALARIA; MEDICAL AUDIT; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; QUALITY CONTROL; SOUTH AFRICA; STAFF TRAINING; STANDARDIZATION;

DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; MALARIA; PARASITOLOGY; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTH AFRICA;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE;

EID: 22944437730     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(03)80101-3     Document Type: Article

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