Malaria rapid diagnostic tests in travel medicine

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 408-415

  Maltha, J ^a,b   Gillet, P ^a   Jacobs, J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Malaria; Plasmodium; Rapid diagnostic test; Travel medicine; Traveller

Indexed keywords

HISTIDINE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

CROSS REACTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EMPORIATRICS; GENE DELETION; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; MALARIA; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM OVALE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RAPID TEST; REVIEW; SELF EVALUATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM OVALE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

EID: 84876344948     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1469-0691.12152     Document Type: Review

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