Evaluation of the OptiMAL® test for diagnosis of malaria in Venezuela

Investigacion Clinica

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Zerpa, Noraida ^a   Pabón, Rosalba ^b   Wide, Albina ^c   Gavidia, Magda ^d   Medina, Mehudi ^d   Cáceres, José Luis ^e   Capaldo, Jacinta ^b   Baker, Meghan ^f   Noya, Oscar ^b,c  

^a Fundacion Instituto de Estudios Avanzados IDEA   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^c UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^d Ministerio de Salud   (Venezuela)

^e UNIVERSIDAD DE CARABOBO   (Venezuela)

^f MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

OptiMAL ; Parasitaemia; Plasmodium falciparum; Plasmodium vivax

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FREEZING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KAPPA STATISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MICROSCOPY; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; VENEZUELA; BLOOD EXAMINATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; PARASITOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HUMANS; MALARIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 49149117244     PISSN: 05355133     EISSN: 05355133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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