Diagnostic and prognostic utility of an inexpensive rapid on site malaria diagnostic test (ParaHIT f) among ethnic tribal population in areas of high, low and no transmission in central India

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Singh, Neeru ^a   Mishra, A K ^a   Shukla, M M ^a   Chand, S K ^a   Bharti, Praveen Kumar ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MALARIA RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PRIMAQUINE; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; COST; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RELIABILITY; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADULT; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; BLOOD; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; INFANT; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD; CHLOROQUINE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; MALE; POPULATION GROUPS; PREGNANCY; PRIMAQUINE; PROGNOSIS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 27444432258     PISSN: 14712334     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-5-50     Document Type: Article

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