Evaluation of the performance of CareStart™ Malaria Pf/Pv Combo rapid diagnostic test for the diagnosis of malaria in Jimma, southwestern Ethiopia

Acta Tropica

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 285-288

  Mekonnen, Zeleke ^a   Ali, Solomon ^a   Belay, Getachew ^a   Suleman, Sultan ^a   Chatterjee, Shyama ^b  

^a JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

CareStart Malaria RDT; Ethiopia; Malaria; Plasmodium

Indexed keywords

OIL;

BLOOD; DETECTION METHOD; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MALARIA; MICROSCOPY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALARIA VIVAX; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PARASITEMIA; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STAINING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VALIDITY;

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

ETHIOPIA; JIMMA;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

EID: 77649182400     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2009.12.001     Document Type: Article

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