Review article: An overview of the clinical use of filter paper in the diagnosis of tropical diseases

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 195-210

  Smit, Pieter W ^a,b   Elliott, Ivo ^a,c   Peeling, Rosanna W ^a,d   Mabey, David ^a,d   Newton, Paul N ^a,e  

^a LEIDEN CYTOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY LABORATORY   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MEASLES ANTIBODY; NUCLEIC ACID;

BACTERIUM; BIOSAFETY; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRUCELLA; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHIKUNGUNYA; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTAMINATION; CYSTICERCOSIS; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DRIED BLOOD SPOT TESTING; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FASCIOLIASIS; FILARIASIS; FILTER; FILTER PAPER; FLAVIVIRUS; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTION; GIARDIASIS; GOLD STANDARD; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 2; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; INFECTION; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; LABORATORY TEST; LEPROSY; MALARIA; MANSONELLIASIS; MEASLES; MEASLES VIRUS; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; PAPER; PARASITE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TROPICAL DISEASE; VETERINARY MEDICINE; VIRUS LOAD; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; HEPATITIS VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOSIS; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; DRIED BLOOD SPOT TESTING; HEPATITIS VIRUSES; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HTLV-I INFECTIONS; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1; HUMANS; PARASITIC DISEASES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84893481001     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.13-0463     Document Type: Review

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