Evaluation of rapid diagnostic tests for malaria in Swedish travellers

APMIS

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 88-92

  Bronner, Ulf ^a   Karlsson, Lillemor ^b   Evengård, Birgitta ^c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Malaria; Rapid testing; Travellers

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CLINICAL LABORATORY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPID DIAGNOSTIC TEST; SWEDEN; TRAVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALARIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITEMIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWEDEN; TRAVEL;

EID: 78650848959     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: 16000463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2010.02696.x     Document Type: Article

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