Comparison of Giemsa microscopy with nested PCR for the diagnosis of malaria in North Gondar, north-west Ethiopia

Malaria Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Alemu, Abebe ^a   Fuehrer, Hans Peter ^b   Getnet, Gebeyaw ^a   Kassu, Afework ^a   Getie, Sisay ^a   Noedl, Harald ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GIEMSA MICROSCOPY; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIXED INFECTION; NESTED POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM OVALE; PLASMODIUM OVALE MALARIA; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD; CHILD; COINFECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION STUDY; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; STAINING; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COINFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM OVALE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAINING AND LABELING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84900864441     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-13-174     Document Type: Article

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