Determinants of the accuracy of rapid diagnostic tests in malaria case management: Evidence from low and moderate transmission settings in the East African highlands

Malaria Journal

Volumn 7, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Abeku, Tarekegn A ^a   Kristan, Mojca ^a   Jones, Caroline ^a   Beard, James ^a   Mueller, Dirk H ^a   Okia, Michael ^b   Rapuoda, Beth ^c   Greenwood, Brian ^a   Cox, Jonathan ^a  

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

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; HRP 2 ANTIGEN, PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; HRP-2 ANTIGEN, PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UGANDA; ADULT; ANIMAL; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; METHODOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; KENYA; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UGANDA;

EID: 54349108204     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-7-202     Document Type: Article

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