Evaluation of rapid diagnostic tests for malaria case management in Gabon

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 162-168

  Mawili Mboumba, Denise Patricia ^a   Akotet, Marielle Karine Bouyou ^a   Ngoungou, Edgard Brice ^a   Kombila, Maryvonne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DES SCIENCES DE LA SANTÉ   (Gabon)

Author keywords

Children; Diagnosis; Gabon; Malaria; RDTs

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMISININ DERIVATIVE; HISTIDINE RICH PROTEIN 2; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FEVER; GABON; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM OVALE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; GABON; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM OVALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 73749086221     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2009.09.011     Document Type: Article

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