Newer versus conventional methods in the diagnosis of malaria: A comparison

Medical Journal Armed Forces India

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 129-133

  Datta, S ^a   Basu, B ^b   Chandra, Y ^c   Nagendra, Brig A ^a  

^a SIR GANGA RAM HOSPITAL   (India)

^b ARMED FORCES MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c Commading Officer ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Malaria

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GIEMSA STAIN; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE BUFFY COAT ASSAY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EID: 77954523359     PISSN: 03771237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-1237(10)80124-8     Document Type: Article

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