Assessment of the prozone effect in malaria rapid diagnostic tests

Malaria Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Gillet, Philippe ^a   Mori, Marcella ^a   Van Esbroeck, Marjan ^a   Van Den Ende, Jef ^a   Jacobs, Jan ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; HRP 2 ANTIGEN, PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; HRP-2 ANTIGEN, PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; HUMAN; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SAMPLE; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ANIMAL; BLOOD; EVALUATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 72849114022     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-8-271     Document Type: Article

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