Short report: Performance of two malaria rapid diagnostic tests in febrile adult patients with and without human immunodeficiency virus-1 infection in Blantyre, Malawi

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 199-202

  Chinkhumba, Jobiba ^a   Nyanda, Monica ^b   Skarbinski, Jacek ^c   Mathanga, Don P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^b Blantyre District Health Office   (Malawi)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTIDINE; HISTIDINE RICH PROTEIN TYPE 2; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HRP 2 ANTIGEN, PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; HRP-2 ANTIGEN, PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA RAPID DIAGNOSTIC TEST; MALAWI; MALE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RURAL AREA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ADOLESCENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; MIXED INFECTION; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; VIROLOGY;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; COINFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; FEVER; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALAWI; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857003533     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2012.11-0350     Document Type: Article

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