Performance of three multi-species rapid diagnostic tests for diagnosis of Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax malaria in Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia

Malaria Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Ashton, Ruth A ^a,b   Kefyalew, Takele ^a   Tesfaye, Gezahegn ^a   Counihan, Helen ^b   Yadeta, Damtew ^c   Cundill, Bonnie ^d   Reithinger, Richard ^e   Kolaczinski, Jan H ^b,d  

^a Malaria Consortium Ethiopia Office   (Ethiopia)

^b MALARIA CONSORTIUM   (United Kingdom)

^c Oromia Regional Health Bureau   (Ethiopia)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e US Agency for International Development   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ETHIOPIA; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MICROSCOPY; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; PUBLIC HEALTH; THERMOSTABILITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958507843     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-9-297     Document Type: Article

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