Low Specificity of a Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Test During an Integrated Community Case Management Trial

Infectious Diseases and Therapy

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 27-36

  Tiono, Alfred B ^a   Diarra, Amidou ^a   Sanon, Souleymane ^a   Nébié, Issa ^a   Konaté, Amadou T ^a   Pagnoni, Franco ^b   Sirima, Sodiomon B ^a  

^a Burkina Faso   (Burkina Faso)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Accuracy; FirstSign; Malaria diagnosis; Plasmodium falciparum Histidine richprotein 2; Rapid diagnosis test; Transmission season

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPID DIAGNOSTIC TEST; SEASON; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84904061095     PISSN: 21938229     EISSN: 21936382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40121-013-0006-6     Document Type: Article

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