Production and validation of durable, high quality standardized malaria microscopy slides for teaching, testing and quality assurance during an era of declining diagnostic proficiency

Malaria Journal

Volumn 5, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Maguire, Jason D ^a,f   Lederman, Edith R ^a   Barcus, Mazie J ^b   Prudhomme O'Meara, Wendy A ^c   Jordon, Robert G ^b   Duong, Socheat ^d   Muth, Sinuon ^d   Sismadi, Priyanto ^e   Bangs, Michael J ^a   Prescott, W Roy ^b   Baird, J Kevin ^a   Wongsrichanalai, Chansuda ^a  

^a US Naval Medical Research Unit No 2 Jakarta   (Indonesia)

^b Hydas Incorporated   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d National Center for Parasitology Entomology and Malaria Control (CNM)   (Cambodia)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Indonesia)

^f NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER PORTSMOUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA POLYMERASE; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MICROSCOPY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUALITY CONTROL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANIMALS; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; HISTOCYTOLOGICAL PREPARATION TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MALARIA; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUALITY CONTROL; TEACHING;

EID: 33750833434     PISSN: 14752875     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-5-92     Document Type: Article

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