Comparison of Quantitative Buffy Coat technique (QBC) with Giemsa-stained thick film (GTF) for diagnosis of malaria

Parasitology International

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 308-312

  Adeoye, G O ^a   Nga, I C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; GTF; Malaria; QBC; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CALCULATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GIEMSA STAIN; GIEMSA STAIN THICK BLOOD FILM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALARIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE BUFFY COAT TECHNIQUE; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ANIMALS; AZURE STAINS; COLORING AGENTS; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE;

EID: 34548634791     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2007.06.007     Document Type: Article

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