Comparative field performance and adherence to test results of four malaria rapid diagnostic tests among febrile patients more than five years of age in Blantyre, Malawi

Malaria Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Chinkhumba, Jobiba ^a   Skarbinski, Jacek ^b   Chilima, Ben ^c   Campbell, Carl ^b,e   Ewing, Victoria ^d   San Joaquin, Miguel ^d   Sande, John ^c   Ali, Doreen ^c   Mathanga, Don ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malawi)

^d MALAWI LIVERPOOL WELLCOME TRUST CLINICAL RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Malawi)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; HISTIDINE; HISTIDINE RICH PROTEIN TYPE 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HRP 2 ANTIGEN, PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; HRP-2 ANTIGEN, PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALAWI; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MICROSCOPY; PARASITEMIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF MEDICATION; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEVER; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; METHODOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEVER; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALAWI; MICROSCOPY; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77954677703     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-9-209     Document Type: Article

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