Comparison of placental blood microscopy and the ICT HRP2 rapid diagnostic test to detect placental malaria

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 106, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 573-575

  Aguilar, Ruth ^a,b,c   Machevo, Sonia ^c   Menéndez, Clara ^a,b,c   Bardají, Azucena ^a,b,c   Nhabomba, Augusto ^c   Alonso, Pedro L ^a,c   Mayor, Alfredo ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^c Ministérioda Saúde   (Mozambique)

Author keywords

HRP2; Malaria; Microscopy; Mozambique; Placenta; RDT

Indexed keywords

HISTIDINE RICH PROTEIN 2; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSCOPY; PARASITE LOAD; PARASITEMIA; PLACENTA MALARIA; RAPID DIAGNOSTIC TEST; SEROPREVALENCE;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BLOOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MOZAMBIQUE; PLACENTA DISEASES; PREGNANCY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 84864828775     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2012.05.001     Document Type: Article

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