Malaria diagnosis by NOW ICT and expert microscopy in comparison with multiplex polymerase chain reaction in febrile returned travellers

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 671-673

  Cuadros, J ^a   Martin Rabadan P ^b   Merino, F J ^c   Delgado Irribarren, A ^d   Garcia Bujalance, S ^e   Rubio, J M ^f  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PRÍNCIPE DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL SEVERO OCHOA   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO FUNDACIÓN ALCORCÓN   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

^f INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDETIC ACID; FRUCTOSE BISPHOSPHATE ALDOLASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EMERGENCY WARD; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FEVER; GIEMSA STAIN; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIGRATION; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PHYSICIAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRAVEL; TROPHOZOITE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRAVEL;

EID: 34548142263     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-007-0337-x     Document Type: Article

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