Comparison of Parascreen Pan/Pf, Paracheck Pf and light microscopy for detection of malaria among febrile patients, Northwest Ethiopia

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 104, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 467-474

  Endeshaw, Tekola ^a   Graves, Patricia M ^a   Shargie, Estifanos Biru ^a   Gebre, Teshome ^a   Ayele, Berhan ^a   Yohannes, Gideon ^a   Zerihun, Mulat ^a   Genet, Asrat ^b   Melak, Berhanu ^a   Kebede, Amha ^d   Jima, Daddi ^e   Tadesse, Zerihun ^a   Ngondi, Jeremiah ^c   Mosher, Aryc W ^a   Richards, Frank O ^a   Emerson, Paul M ^a  

^a CARTER CENTER   (United States)

^b Amhara Regional Health Bureau ^*  (Ethiopia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d ETHIOPIAN PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^e Federal Ministry of Health   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Malaria; Microscopy; Paracheck Pf; Parascreen Pf Pan; Rapid Diagnostic Test

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIXED INFECTION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CHILD; ETHIOPIA; FEVER; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MICROSCOPY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 77954219477     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2010.03.003     Document Type: Article

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