A systematic review of sub-microscopic Plasmodium vivax infection

Malaria Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Moreira, Clarissa M ^a,b   Abo Shehada, Mahmoud ^c   Price, Ric N ^b,d   Drakeley, Chris J ^c  

^a WorldWide Antimalarial Resistance Network   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diagnostics; Malaria; Microscopy; Plasmodium vivax; Polymerase chain reaction; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; META ANALYSIS; MICROSCOPY; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION STUDY; MALARIA, VIVAX; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS;

HUMANS; MALARIA, VIVAX; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84959338824     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12936-015-0884-z     Document Type: Article

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