Performance of local light microscopy and the parascreen Pan/Pf rapid diagnostic test to detect malaria in health centers in Northwest Ethiopia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Endeshaw, Tekola ^a   Graves, Patricia M ^a   Ayele, Berhan ^a   Mosher, Aryc W ^a   Gebre, Teshome ^a   Ayalew, Firew ^a   Genet, Asrat ^b   Mesfin, Alemayehu ^b   Shargie, Estifanos Biru ^a,c   Tadesse, Zerihun ^a   Teferi, Tesfaye ^a   Melak, Berhanu ^a   Richards, Frank O ^a   Emerson, Paul M ^a  

^a CARTER CENTER   (United States)

^b Amhara Regional Health Bureau   (Ethiopia)

^c TUBERCULOSIS AND MALARIA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EQUIPMENT; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIXED INFECTION; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; AGED; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; INFANT; MALARIA; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PREVALENCE; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; ROC CURVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859961207     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0033014     Document Type: Article

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