Comparison of HRP2- and pLDH-based rapid diagnostic tests for malaria with longitudinal follow-up in Kampala, Uganda

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1092-1097

  Hopkins, Heidi ^a,b   Kambale, Wilson ^c   Kamya, Moses R ^d   Staedke, Sarah G ^e   Dorsey, Grant ^f   Rosenthal, Philip J ^a  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b c o MU UCSF Malaria Research Collaboration   (United States)

^c MU UCSF Research Collaboration   (Uganda)

^d MAKERERE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Uganda)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTIDINE; HISTIDINE RICH PROTEIN 2; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PARASITE ANTIGEN; HRP 2 ANTIGEN, PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; HRP-2 ANTIGEN, PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MICROSCOPY; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; UGANDA; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DNA, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; INFANT; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UGANDA;

EID: 34548033298     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2007.76.1092     Document Type: Article

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