Comparison of optimal malarial test with light microscopy for the diagnosis of malaria

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 404-407

  Khan, S A ^a   Anwar, M ^a   Hussain, S ^a   Qureshi, A H ^a   Ahmad, M ^a   Afzal, S ^a  

^a ARMY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHROMATOGRAPHY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHY; LEISHMAN STAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; OPTIMAL MALARIAL TEST; PAKISTAN; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAINING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; HOSPITALS, MILITARY; HUMANS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PAKISTAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 4544244266     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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