Evaluation of CareStart™ malaria Pf/Pv combo test for Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax malaria diagnosis in Butajira area, south-central Ethiopia

Malaria Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Woyessa, Adugna ^a   Deressa, Wakgari ^b   Ali, Ahmed ^b   Lindtjørn, Bernt ^c  

^a ETHIOPIAN PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Butajira; CareStartTM RDT; Ethiopia; Highland; Microscopy; Precision; Season

Indexed keywords

HISTIDINE; HISTIDINE RICH PROTEIN 2; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALARIA RAPID TEST; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUALITY CONTROL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; COINFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879437145     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-12-218     Document Type: Article

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