Reducing malaria misdiagnosis: the importance of correctly interpreting Paracheck Pf ® "faint test bands" in a low transmission area of Tanzania

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Allen, Lisa K ^a   Hatfield, Jennifer M ^a   DeVetten, Giselle ^a   Ho, Jeremy C ^a   Manyama, Mange ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD SMEAR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROPREVALENCE; TANZANIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES; EVALUATION; INFANT; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80155192987     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-11-308     Document Type: Article

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