Evaluation of the rapid diagnostic test CareStart pLDH Malaria (Pf-pLDH/pan-pLDH) for the diagnosis of malaria in a reference setting

Malaria Journal

Volumn 11, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Heutmekers, Marloes ^a   Gillet, Philippe ^b   Maltha, Jessica ^b   Scheirlinck, Annelies ^b   Cnops, Lieselotte ^b   Bottieau, Emmanuel ^b   Van Esbroeck, Marjan ^b   Jacobs, Jan ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

CareStart; Diagnostic; Evaluation; Lactate dehydrogenase; Malaria; Plasmodium; pLDH; Rapid diagnostic tests; RDT

Indexed keywords

LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; GAMETOCYTE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM OVALE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TRAVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; INFANT; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMODIUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862260789     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-11-204     Document Type: Article

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