Accuracy of a rapid diagnostic test on the diagnosis of malaria infection and of malaria - Attributable fever during low and high transmission season in Burkina Faso

Malaria Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Bisoffi, Zeno ^a,b   Sirima, Sodiomon B ^c   Menten, Joris ^d   Pattaro, Cristian ^e   Angheben, Andrea ^a   Gobbi, Federico ^a,b   Tinto, Halidou ^f   Lodesani, Claudia ^g   Neya, Bouma ^b   Gobbo, Maria ^a   Van Den Ende, Jef ^d  

^a Ospedale S Cuore   (Italy)

^b Projet AnKaHeresso ^*  (Burkina Faso)

^c MINISTÈRE DE LA SANTÉ   (Burkina Faso)

^d INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^e INSTITUTE FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY   (Italy)

^f CENTRE MURAZ   (Burkina Faso)

^g MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BURKINA FASO; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEVER; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; IMMUNOASSAY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PARASITEMIA; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREVALENCE; SEASON; STANDARD;

ADULT; BURKINA FASO; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SEASONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77954263287     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-9-192     Document Type: Article

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