Performance of OptiMAL-IT® compared to microscopy, for malaria detection in Burkina Faso

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 338-340

  Valéa, Innocent ^a   Tinto, Halidou ^b   Nikiema, Madi ^a   Yamuah, Lawrence ^c   Rouamba, Noel ^b   Drabo, Maxime ^b   Guiguemde, Robert T ^a   D'Alessandro, Umberto ^d  

^a CENTRE MURAZ   (Burkina Faso)

^b IRSS DRO ^*  (Burkina Faso)

^c ARMAUER HANSEN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^d INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Burkina Faso; Diagnosis; Malaria; Rapid test

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MALARIA; MICROSCOPY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PUBLIC ACCESS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TESTING METHOD;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BURKINA FASO; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MICROSCOPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME ASSAY; EVALUATION; METHODOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING;

AFRICA; BURKINA FASO; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL ENZYME TESTS; HUMANS; INFANT; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALARIA; MICROSCOPY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 60349104900     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2009.02228.x     Document Type: Article

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