Evaluation of a new handheld instrument for the detection of counterfeit artesunate by visual fluorescence comparison

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 920-924

  Ranieri, Nicola ^a   Tabernero, Patricia ^b,c   Green, Michael D ^d   Verbois, Leigh ^a   Herrington, James ^e   Sampson, Eric ^a,d   Satzger, R Duane ^a   Phonlavong, Chindaphone ^f   Thao, Khamxay ^f   Newton, Paul N ^b,c   Witkowski, Mark R ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Lao People's Democratic Republic   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^f Government of the Lao People's Democratic Republic   (Laos)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTESUNATE; COUNTERFEIT DRUG; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMISININ DERIVATIVE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; DEVICES; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; LAOS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EVALUATION STUDY; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALARIA; PROCEDURES;

ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; COUNTERFEIT DRUGS; FLUORESCENCE; LAOS; MALARIA; OPTICAL IMAGING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84910642849     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: 14761645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.13-0644     Document Type: Article

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