Standardizing Plasmodium falciparum infection prevalence measured via microscopy versus rapid diagnostic test

Malaria Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Mappin, Bonnie ^a   Cameron, Ewan ^a   Dalrymple, Ursula ^a   Weiss, Daniel J ^a   Bisanzio, Donal ^a   Bhatt, Samir ^a   Gething, Peter W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Diagnostics; Malaria; Microscopy; Plasmodium falciparum; RDT

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEVER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MICROSCOPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARASITEMIA; PREVALENCE; RAPID DIAGNOSTIC TEST; SAMPLING ERROR; STANDARDIZATION; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; STATISTICS;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84947250959     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12936-015-0984-9     Document Type: Article

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