Evaluation of a rapid diagnostic test for assessing the burden of malaria at delivery in India

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 855-858

  Singh, Neeru ^a   Saxena, Ajay ^a   Awadhia, S B ^b   Shrivastava, Rita ^c   Singh, M P ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MALARIA RESEARCH   (India)

^b Civil Hospital Maihar   (India)

^c District Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; BLOOD SMEAR; DELIVERY; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MATERNAL BLOOD; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; PLACENTA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 28044441663     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2005.73.855     Document Type: Article

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