Paracheck-Pf® accuracy and recently treated Plasmodium falciparum infections: Is there a risk of over-diagnosis?

Malaria Journal

Volumn 6, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Swarthout, Todd D ^a   Counihan, Helen ^a   Senga, Raphael Kabangwa K ^c   Van Den Broek, Ingrid ^a,b  

^a MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^b EPICENTRE   (France)

^c AMI KIVU Laboratories   (Congo)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISININ;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MICROSCOPY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGO; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; EVALUATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ANIMALS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONGO; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34250187119     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-6-58     Document Type: Article

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