ParaSight®F test compared with the polymerase chain reaction and microscopy for the diagnosis of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in travelers

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 44-48

  Humar, Atul ^a   Ohrt, Colin ^b   Harrington, Mary Anne ^a   Pillai, Dylan ^a   Kain, Kevin C ^a  

^a TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTIDINE RICH PROTEIN; PARASITE ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HISTIDINE RICH PROTEINS; HISTIDINE-RICH PROTEINS; PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; RNA 18S;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CANADA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRAVEL; ANIMAL; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITEMIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEINS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRAVEL;

EID: 33646778854     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1997.56.44     Document Type: Article

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