Standardised versus actual white cell counts in estimating thick film parasitaemia in African children under five

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 551-554

  Olliaro, Piero ^a,b   Djimdé, Abdoulaye ^c   Karema, Corine ^d   Mårtensson, Andreas ^e   Ndiaye, Jean Louis ^f   Sirima, Sodiomon B ^g   Dorsey, Grant ^h   Zwang, Julien ⁱ  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BAMAKO   (Mali)

^d National Malaria Control Program   (Rwanda)

^e KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITÉ CHEIKH ANTA DIOP   (Senegal)

^g MINISTÈRE DE LA SANTÉ   (Burkina Faso)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Malaria; Parasitaemia; White cell counts

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CHILD HEALTH; CYTOLOGY; MALARIA; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

AFRICA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; NEGRO; PARASITEMIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANIMALS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 79954913104     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2011.02738.x     Document Type: Article

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