Evaluation of a rapid diagnostic test specific for Plasmodium vivax

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1495-1500

  Kim, Sun Hyung ^a   Nam, Myung Hyun ^a   Roh, Kyoung Ho ^a,b   Park, Hae Chul ^a   Nam, Deok Hwa ^a   Park, Gli Hong ^a   Han, Eun Taek ^c   Klein, Terry A ^d   Lim, Chae Seung ^a,e  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Konyang University   (South Korea)

^c Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

^d Force Health Protection   (South Korea)

^e Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

OptiMAL; Parasite lactate dehydrogenase; Plasmodium vivax; SD Malaria Antigen P.v

Indexed keywords

HISTIDINE RICH PROTEIN 2; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIGEN; DETECTION METHOD; MALARIA; PROTOZOAN; TESTING METHOD;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; GIEMSA STAIN; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KOREA; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALARIA, VIVAX; MALE; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

EID: 56849113247     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2008.02163.x     Document Type: Article

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