Routine parallel diagnosis of malaria using microscopy and the malaria rapid diagnostic test SD 05FK60: The experience of Médecins Sans Frontières in Myanmar

Malaria Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Kosack, Cara S ^a   Naing, Wint Thu ^a   Piriou, Erwan ^a   Shanks, Leslie ^a  

^a MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Diagnostic test accuracy; Malaria; Parasite lactate dehydrogenase tests; Plasmodium falciparum; Plasmodium vivax; Rapid diagnostic test; RDT; SD 05FK60; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALARIA MICROSCOPY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MICROSCOPY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MYANMAR; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE INFECTION; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RAPID DIAGNOSTIC TEST; RAPID TEST; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TROPHOZOITE; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; MIDDLE AGED; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; PROCEDURES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

DIAGNOSTIC KIT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; MYANMAR; ORGANIZATIONS, NONPROFIT; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877909803     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-12-167     Document Type: Article

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