Accuracy of a multispecies rapid diagnostic test kit for detection of malarial parasite at the point of care in a low endemicity region

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 103, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1237-1244

  Meena, M ^a   Joshi, D ^a   Joshi, R ^a,b   Sridhar, S ^b   Waghdhare, S ^a   Gangane, N ^a   Kalantri, S P ^a  

^a MAHATMA GANDHI INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostic accuracy; Malaria; Microscopy; Rapid diagnostic test; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

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

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOGEOGRAPHIC REGION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

EID: 69449099270     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2009.04.011     Document Type: Article

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