The sensitivity of the OptiMAL rapid diagnostic test to the presence of Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes compromises its ability to monitor treatment outcomes in an area of Papua New Guinea in which malaria is endemic

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 627-630

  Mueller, Ivo ^a   Betuela, Inoni ^a   Ginny, Meza ^a   Reeder, John C ^a   Genton, Blaise ^b  

^a PAPUA NEW GUINEA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Papua New Guinea)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GAMETOCYTE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HUMANS; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PARASITEMIA; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 33847078778     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00816-06     Document Type: Article

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