Systematic review of the accuracy of the Parasight™-F test in the diagnosis of Plasmodium falciparum malaria

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2004, Pages

  Cruciani, Mario ^a,c   Nardi, Stefano ^a   Malena, Marina ^a   Bosco, Oliviero ^a   Serpelloni, Giovanni ^a   Mengoli, Carlo ^b  

^a Center of Preventive Medicine   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c HIV Outpatient Clinic   (Italy)

Author keywords

F test; Malaria; Meta analysis; Parasight ; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

BAYES THEOREM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; META ANALYSIS; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREVALENCE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRAVEL;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MICROSCOPY; ODDS RATIO; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 3342877489     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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