Pilot assessment of the sensitivity of the malaria thin film

Malaria Journal

Volumn 7, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Ohrt, Colin ^a   O'Meara, Wendy Prudhomme ^b   Remich, Shon ^c   McEvoy, Peter ^d   Ogutu, Bernhards ^c   Mtalib, Ramadan ^c   Odera, James Sande ^c  

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

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c U S ARMY   (United States)

^d ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DENSITY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ERYTHROCYTE; FILM; KENYA; MALARIA; MEDICAL EXPERT; PARASITE; PARASITEMIA; PILOT STUDY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM OVALE; RECORDING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SMEAR; SPECIES; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROSCOPY; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD;

ANIMALS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; ERYTHROCYTES; HUMANS; KENYA; MALARIA; MICROSCOPY; PARASITEMIA; PILOT PROJECTS; PLASMODIUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 40749099041     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-7-22     Document Type: Article

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