Comparison of CareStart HRP2/pLDH COMBO rapid malaria test with light microscopy in north-west Ethiopia

Malaria Journal

Volumn 11, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Moges, Beyene ^a   Amare, Bemnet ^a   Belyhun, Yeshambel ^a   Tekeste, Zinaye ^a   Gizachew, Muchiye ^a   Workineh, Meseret ^a   Gebrehiwot, Amare ^a   Woldeyohannes, Desalegn ^a   Mulu, Andargachew ^b   Kassu, Afework ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

CareStart; Ethiopia; Light microscopy; Malaria; Rapid diagnostic test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CONTINGENCY TABLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIXED INFECTION; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RAPID DIAGNOSTIC TEST; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EVALUATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOASSAY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864574472     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-11-234     Document Type: Article

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