Inter-rater reliability of malaria parasite counts and comparison of methods

Malaria Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Bowers, Katherine M ^a   Bell, David ^b   Chiodini, Peter L ^a,c   Barnwell, John ^d   Incardona, Sandra ^e   Yen, Seiha ^e   Luchavez, Jennifer ^f   Watt, Hilary ^c  

^a Hospital for Tropical Diseases   (United Kingdom)

^b FOUNDATION FOR INNOVATIVE NEW DIAGNOSTICS   (Switzerland)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^e INSTITUT PASTEUR DU CAMBODGE   (Cambodia)

^f RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Philippines)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FILM; GIEMSA STAIN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PARASITEMIA; PH; PLASMODIUM; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SKILL; STAINING; STUDENT T TEST; TECHNIQUE; ANIMAL; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; OBSERVER VARIATION; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BLOOD; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MICROSCOPY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 72849128699     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-8-267     Document Type: Article

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