Performance of two rapid diagnostic tests for malaria diagnosis at the China-Myanmar border area

Malaria Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Yan, Juan ^a   Li, Nana ^b   Wei, Xu ^a   Li, Peipei ^c   Zhao, Zhenjun ^c   Wang, Lili ^b   Li, Siying ^b   Li, Xiaomei ^b   Wang, Ying ^d   Li, Shuying ^c   Yang, Zhaoqing ^b   Zheng, Bin ^e   Zhou, Guofa ^f   Yan, Guiyun ^f   Cui, Liwang ^g   Cao, Yaming ^a   Fan, Qi ^c  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KUNMING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Dalian Institute of Biotechnology   (China)

^d THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e National Institute for Parasitic Diseases   (China)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Malaria diagnosis; Microscopy; PCR; Rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs); Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEVER; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALARIA RAPID TEST; MICROSCOPY; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM OVALE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYANMAR; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM OVALE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874049391     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-12-73     Document Type: Article

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