Evaluation of the diagnostic accuracy of CareStart G6PD deficiency Rapid Diagnostic Test (RDT) in a malaria endemic area in Ghana, Africa

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Adu Gyasi, Dennis ^a   Asante, Kwaku Poku ^a   Newton, Sam ^a   Dosoo, David ^a   Amoako, Sabastina ^a   Adjei, George ^a   Amoako, Nicholas ^a   Ankrah, Love ^a   Tchum, Samuel Kofi ^a   Mahama, Emmanuel ^a   Agyemang, Veronica ^a   Kayan, Kingsley ^a   Owusu Agyei, Seth ^a  

^a KINTAMPO HEALTH RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISININ; ARTEMISININ PLUS PRIMAQUINE; PRIMAQUINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY BLOOD; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; GOLD STANDARD; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA RAPID TEST; MALE; POINT OF CARE TESTING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RAPID DIAGNOSTIC TEST; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRINITY QUALITATIVE METHOD; COMPLICATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GHANA; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY;

ENDEMIC DISEASES; GHANA; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HUMANS; MALARIA;

EID: 84929484502     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0125796     Document Type: Article

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