Performance of Paracheck™-Pf, SD Bioline malaria Ag-Pf and SD Bioline malaria Ag-Pf/pan for diagnosis of falciparum malaria in the Central African Republic

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Djallé, Djibrine ^a   Gody, Jean C ^b   Moyen, Jean Methode ^b   Tekpa, Gaspard ^c   Ipero, Julienne ^a   Madji, Nestor ^b   Breurec, Sébastien ^a   Manirakiza, Alexandre ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR DE BANGUI   (Central African Republic)

^b Ministry of Public Health   (Central African Republic)

^c Hopital de l'Amitie   (Central African Republic)

Author keywords

Central African Republic; Malaria; Rapid diagnostic test

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MICROSCOPY; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITEMIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RAPID DIAGNOSTIC TEST; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FEVER; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896708620     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-14-109     Document Type: Article

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