Performance of the OptiMAL® dipstick in the diagnosis of malaria infection in pregnancy

Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 631-636

  Tagbor, Harry ^a   Bruce, Jane ^b   Browne, Edmund ^a   Greenwood, Brian ^b   Chandramohan, Daniel ^b  

^a KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

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

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Malaria; Microscopy; OptiMAL dipstick; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MICROSCOPY; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM OVALE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 47849092231     PISSN: 11766336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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