Clinical performance of an automated reader in interpreting malaria rapid diagnostic tests in Tanzania

Malaria Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Shekalaghe, Seif ^a   Cancino, Marcela ^b   Mavere, Caroline ^a   Juma, Omar ^a   Mohammed, Ali ^a   Abdulla, Salim ^a   Ferro, Santiago ^b  

^a IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^b FIO CORPORATION   (Canada)

Author keywords

Deki Reader; Malaria rapid diagnostic test; mHealth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYZER; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD SMEAR; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PATIENT CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TANZANIA; THICK BLOOD SMEAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOMATION, LABORATORY; BLOOD; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876686825     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-12-141     Document Type: Article

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