Comparison of blood smear microscopy to a rapid diagnostic test for in-vitro testing for r falciparum malaria in kenyan school children

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 85, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 544-549

  Neumann, C G ^a   Bwibo, N O ^b   Siekmann, J H ^c,d   McLean, E D ^c,d   Browdy, B ^e   Drorbaugh, N ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KENYA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL POPULATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; KENYA; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; RURAL POPULATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 66149085262     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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