Establishing a malaria diagnostics centre of excellence in Kisumu, Kenya

Malaria Journal

Volumn 6, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Ohrt, Colin ^a   Obare, Peter ^b,g   Nanakorn, Ampon ^c   Adhiambo, Christine ^b,g   Awuondo, Ken ^b,g   O'Meara, Wendy Prudhomme ^d   Remich, Shon ^b,g   Martin, Kurt ^a   Cook, Earnest ^b,g   Chretien, Jean Paul ^a   Lucas, Carmen ^e   Osoga, Joseph ^b,g   McEvoy, Peter ^f   Owaga, Martin Lucas ^b   Odera, James Sande ^b,g   Ogutu, Bernhards ^b,g  

^a WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c ARMED FORCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Thailand)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e California   (Peru)

^f ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^g U S ARMY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; KENYA; MALARIA; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TECHNOLOGY; ANIMAL; CURRICULUM; CYTOLOGY; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MICROSCOPY; PLASMODIUM; QUALITY CONTROL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD;

ANIMALS; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; KENYA; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MALARIA; MICROSCOPY; PLASMODIUM; QUALITY CONTROL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34547618813     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-6-79     Document Type: Article

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