Quality and reliability of current malaria diagnostic methods

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Volumn 2, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 149-160

  Haditsch, Maritn ^a,b  

^a TravelMedCenter   (Austria)

^b ELISABETHINEN HOSPITAL   (Austria)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Gold standard; Parasite; Polymerase chain reaction; Predictive value; Quantitative buffy coat; Rapid test; Sensitivity; Specifity; Staining

Indexed keywords

ACRIDINE ORANGE; DNA; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE MARKER; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME ANALYSIS; EXPERIENCE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE HISTOCHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MICROSCOPY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 4544275765     PISSN: 14778939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2004.03.001     Document Type: Article

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