Evaluation of the performance of CareStart™ Malaria Pf/Pv Combo and Paracheck Pf® tests for the diagnosis of malaria in Wondo Genet, southern Ethiopia

Acta Tropica

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 321-324

  Bekele Sharew, ^a   Mengistu Legesse, ^a   Abebe Animut, ^a   Daddi Jima, ^b   Girmay Medhin, ^a   Berhanu Erko, ^a  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b ETHIOPIAN PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

CareStart Malaria RDT; Diagnosis; Ethiopia; Malaria; Plasmodium species

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TREATMENT; MALARIA; MEDICINE; MICROSCOPY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WONDO GENET;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

EID: 67650573158     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2009.05.014     Document Type: Article

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