Comparison of the novel Partec rapid malaria test to the conventional Giemsa stain and the gold standard real-time PCR

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2925-2928

  Nkrumah, Bernard ^a,b   Agyekum, Alex ^a,b   Acquah, Samuel E K ^a,b   May, Jürgen ^c   Tannich, Egbert ^c   Brattig, Norbert ^c   Nguah, Samuel Blay ^d   Von Thien, Heidrun ^c   Adu Sarkodie, Yaw ^a   Huenger, Frank ^b,e  

^a KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^b KUMASI CENTRE FOR COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH IN TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Ghana)

^c BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^d KOMFO ANOKYE TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Ghana)

^e Institute for Transfusion Medicine   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; GIEMSA STAIN; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; AFRICA; BLOOD; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; EVALUATION STUDY; GENETICS; INFANT; MICROSCOPY; NEWBORN; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAINING;

AFRICA; AZURE STAINS; BLOOD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA; MICROSCOPY; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAINING AND LABELING;

DIAGNOSTIC KIT; GIEMSA STAIN; PROTOZOAL DNA;

EID: 77955451754     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02403-09     Document Type: Article

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