Bedside diagnosis of imported malaria using the Binax Now malaria antigen detection test

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 11-12, 2006, Pages 1063-1068

  Wiese, Lothar ^a   Bruun, Brita ^b   Bæk, Leif ^c   Friis Møller, Alice ^c   Gahrn Hansen, Bente ^d   Hansen, Joanna ^b   Heltberg, Ole ^e   Højbjerg, Tove ^f   Hornstrup, Maren Kathrine ^d   Kvinesdal, Birgit ^g   Gomme, Grethe ^a   Kurtzhals, Jørgen A L ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b HILLERØD HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

^d ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e NAESTVED HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^f AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^g Nordsjællands Hospital Hillerød   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPORT DISEASE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MICROSCOPY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POINT OF CARE TESTING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STAFF TRAINING;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM; PLATELET COUNT; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC;

EID: 33845328067     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540600818011     Document Type: Article

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