Rapid diagnostic tests for malaria;Tests de diagnostic rapide du paludisme;Pruebas de diagnóstico rápido del paludismo

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 93, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 862-866

  Visser, Theodoor ^a   Daily, Jennifer ^b   Hotte, Nora ^d   Dolkart, Caitlin ^a   Cunningham, Jane ^c   Yadav, Prashant ^d  

^a CLINTON HEALTH ACCESS INITIATIVE   (United States)

^b Consultant to UNITAID ^*  (United States)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRUCTOSE BISPHOSPHATE ALDOLASE; HISTIDINE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN;

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TREATMENT; EQUITY; MALARIA; STATE ROLE; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT; GOLD STANDARD; GOOD MANUFACTURING PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALARIA RAPID TEST; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; THERMOSTABILITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PROCEDURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDS;

DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; HUMANS; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84948976150     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.14.151167     Document Type: Article

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