Field evaluation of a rapid diagnostic test (Parascreen™) for malaria diagnosis in the Peruvian Amazon

Malaria Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Bendezu, Jorge ^a   Rosas, Angel ^a,b   Grande, Tanilu ^a,b   Rodriguez, Hugo ^b   Llanos Cuentas, Alejandro ^a,b   Escobedo, Jorge ^c   Gamboa, Dionicia ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT   (Peru)

^b PAMAFRO   (Peru)

^c MINISTERIO DE SALUD   (Peru)

^d UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTIDINE RICH PROTEIN 2; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HRP 2 ANTIGEN, PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; HRP-2 ANTIGEN, PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; GENETIC TRAIT; GOLD STANDARD; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; PERU; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUALITY CONTROL; RAPID DIAGNOSTIC TEST; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ADOLESCENT; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; BLOOD; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; PERU; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954506118     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-9-154     Document Type: Article

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