Laboratory diagnosis of Malaria: Conventional and rapid diagnostic methods

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 137, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 805-811

  Wilson, Michael L ^a,b  

^a DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PARASITE LOAD; PARASITEMIA; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; PARASITE LOAD; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84879654570     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5858/arpa.2011-0602-RA     Document Type: Article

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