Automated detection of malaria pigment: Feasibility for malaria diagnosing in an area with seasonal malaria in northern Namibia

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 809-816

  De Langen, Adrianus J ^a   Van Dillen, Jeroen ^b,d   De Witte, Piet ^a   Mucheto, Samson ^b   Nagelkerke, Nico ^c   Kager, Piet ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Onandjokwe Lutheran Hospital   (Namibia)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d HAGA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Automated diagnosis; Haemozoin; Light depolarization; Malaria

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; PIGMENT;

DETECTION METHOD; HEMATOLOGY; MALARIA; PIGMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYZER; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD SMEAR; CHILD; CLEARANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NAMIBIA; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; THROMBOCYTE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; METABOLIC CLEARANCE RATE; MIDDLE AGED; NAMIBIA; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SEASONS;

AFRICA; NAMIBIA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33744929663     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2006.01634.x     Document Type: Article

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