Performance of microscopy and RDTs in the context of a malaria prevalence survey in Angola: A comparison using PCR as the gold standard

Malaria Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Fançony, Cláudia ^a   Sebastião, Yuri V ^a,b   Pires, João E ^a,c   Gamboa, Dina ^a,d   Nery, Susana V ^a,e  

^a CISA Project Health Research Centre in Angola   (Angola)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Hospital Fernando e Fonseca   (Portugal)

^d Laboratory of Clinical Pathology   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Malaria; Microscopy; PCR; Plasmodium; RDT

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGOLA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA CONTROL; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MICROSCOPY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; NEWBORN; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PROCEDURES;

DIAGNOSTIC KIT;

ADOLESCENT; ANGOLA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MICROSCOPY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84881293920     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-12-284     Document Type: Article

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