Dried Plasmodium falciparum-infected samples as positive controls for malaria rapid diagnostic tests

Malaria Journal

Volumn 11, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Aidoo, Michael ^a   Patel, Jaymin C ^a   Barnwell, John W ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTIDINE RICH PROTEIN 2; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PARASITE ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD STORAGE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DRIED BLOOD SPOT TESTING; HUMAN; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PARASITE ISOLATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; QUALITY CONTROL; RAPID DIAGNOSTIC TEST; STORAGE TEMPERATURE;

ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; DESICCATION; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; QUALITY CONTROL; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 84868125749     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-11-239     Document Type: Article

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