Performance of Rapid Diagnostic Tests for Imported Malaria in Clinical Practice: Results of a National Multicenter Study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Houzé, Sandrine ^a,b,c   Boutron, Isabelle ^b,d   Marmorat, Anne ^a   Dalichampt, Marie ^b,d   Choquet, Christophe ^a   Poilane, Isabelle ^e   Godineau, Nadine ^f   Le Guern, Anne Sophie ^g   Thellier, Marc ^h   Broutier, Hélène ⁱ   Fenneteau, Odile ^j   Millet, Pascal ^k,l   Dulucq, Stéphanie ^m   Hubert, Véronique ^a   Houzé, Pascal ⁿ   Tubach, Florence ^a,b,o   Le Bras, Jacques ^a,b   Matheron, Sophie ^a,b  

^a BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^d HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

^e HÔPITAL JEAN VERDIER   (France)

^f DELAFONTAINE HOSPITAL   (France)

^g INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^h PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

ⁱ Centre Hospitalier Robert Ballanger CHRB   (France)

^j HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

^k HÔPITAL SAINT ANDRÉ   (France)

^l INSERM U869   (France)

^m HÔPITAL PELLEGRIN   (France)

ⁿ SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

^o INSERM   (France)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMODIAQUINE; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; DOXYCYCLINE; DRUG METABOLITE; FRUCTOSE BISPHOSPHATE ALDOLASE; HISTIDINE RICH PROTEIN 2; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MEFLOQUINE; PROGUANIL; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; QUININE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FRANCE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALARIA RAPID TEST; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM OVALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; FRANCE; HUMANS; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASES; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SAMPLE SIZE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84884771129     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0075486     Document Type: Article

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