Alternative tools for field analysis on malarial infection: A reappraisal

Clinica Terapeutica

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 83-85

  Wiwanitkit, V ^a,b  

^a WIWANITKIT HOUSE   (Thailand)

^b 38/167 Soi Yim Prayoon Bangkhae ^*  (Thailand)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Field; Malaria

Indexed keywords

BLOOD SMEAR; CLINICAL RESEARCH; FIELD STUDY; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; MALARIA; MICROSCOPY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; REVIEW; SERODIAGNOSIS;

HUMANS; MALARIA;

EID: 61849097132     PISSN: 00099074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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