Malaria diagnosis under field conditions in the Venezuelan Amazon

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 20-24

  Metzger, W G ^a,b   Vivas Martinez S ^a,c   Rodriguez, I ^a   Goncalves J ^d   Bongard, E ^e   Fanello, C I ^e   Vivas, L ^e   Magris, M ^a,d  

^a Centro Amazonico de Investigacion y Control de Enfermedades Tropicales 'Simon Bolivar' (CAICET)   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^d Instituto de Biomedicina   (Venezuela)

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

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Diagnostic test; Malaria; Microscopy; Plasmodium; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISININ; CHLOROQUINE; MEFLOQUINE; PRIMAQUINE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; LIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MICROSCOPE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENEZUELA;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MALARIA; MICROSCOPY; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM; QUALITY CONTROL; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENEZUELA;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

EID: 36549034210     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2007.08.007     Document Type: Article

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