State of malaria diagnostic testing at clinical laboratories in the United States, 2010: A nationwide survey

Malaria Journal

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Abanyie, Francisca A ^a   Arguin, Paul M ^b   Gutman, Julie ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

diagnostic testing; malaria; rapid diagnostic tests; United States

Indexed keywords

BLOOD SMEAR; CLINICAL LABORATORY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALARIA; MANDATORY REPORTING; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; STATISTICS;

CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALARIA; PARASITOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 81055138842     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-10-340     Document Type: Review

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