Quality of malaria microscopy in 12 district hospital laboratories in Tanzania

Pathogens and Global Health

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 330-334

  Mbakilwa, Hilda ^a   Manga, Chacha ^b   Kibona, Stafford ^b   Mtei, Frank ^a   Meta, Judith ^a   Shoo, Aikande ^c   Amos, Ben ^c   Reyburn, Hugh ^d  

^a KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL CENTRE   (Tanzania)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^c Teule Hospital Research Laboratory   (Tanzania)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Malaria; Microscopy; Plasmodium falciparum; Quality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; READING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TANZANIA; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HUMANS; LABORATORY PROFICIENCY TESTING; MALARIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TANZANIA;

EID: 84870331602     PISSN: 20477724     EISSN: 20477732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/2047773212Y.0000000052     Document Type: Article

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