Evaluation of the thick smear in a field condition in a malaria endemic area in the Middle Region of Rio Negro, Amazon;Avaliação da confiabilidade da gota espessa em um estudo de campo conduzido em uma área endêmica de malária no Médio Rio Negro, Estado do Amazonas

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 495-497

  Suárez Mutis, Martha Cecilia ^a   Coura, José Rodrigues ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Kappa index; Malaria; Measure; Thick smear

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; KAPPA STATISTICS; MALARIA; MICROSCOPY;

EID: 33845504321     PISSN: 00378682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0037-86822006000500014     Document Type: Article

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