Performance of the carestart glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) rapid diagnostic test in gressier, Haiti

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 77-80

  Von Fricken, Michael E ^a   Weppelmann, Thomas A ^a   Eaton, Will T ^a   Masse, Roseline ^b   Beau De Rochars, Madsen V E ^a   Okech, Bernard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Christianville Foundation Inc   (Haïti)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; PRIMAQUINE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY ASSAY KIT; HAITI; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA RAPID TEST; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; QUALITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD; ENZYME ASSAYS; FEMALE; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HAITI; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; MALARIA, VIVAX; MALE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRIMAQUINE;

EID: 84903883058     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.14-0100     Document Type: Article

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