Informed decision-making before changing to RDT: A comparison of microscopy, rapid diagnostic test and molecular techniques for the diagnosis and identification of malaria parasites in Kassala, eastern Sudan;Prendre des décisions éclairées avant de passer au TDR: Une comparaison de la microscopie, du test de diagnostic rapide et des techniques moléculaires pour le diagnostic et l'identification des parasites de la malaria à Kassala, dans l'est du Soudan

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1442-1448

  Osman, Mamoun M M ^a   Nour, Bakri Y M ^b   Sedig, Mohamed F ^a   De Bes, Laura ^c   Babikir, Adil M ^b   Mohamedani, Ahmed A ^b   Mens, Petra F ^c  

^a University of Kassala   (Sudan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEZIRA   (Sudan)

^c ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diagnostics; Malaria; Microscopy; Rapid diagnostic tests; Sudan

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; IDENTIFICATION KEY; MALARIA; MICROSCOPY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAMPLING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD SMEAR; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM OVALE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RAPID DIAGNOSTIC TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUDAN;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PARASITEMIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SUDAN;

KASSALA; SUDAN;

EID: 78649688855     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2010.02659.x     Document Type: Article

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