Update on malaria diagnostics and test utilization

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 2009-2017

  Mathison, Blaine A ^a   Pritt, Bobbi S ^b  

^a ARUP LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostics; Malaria; Utilization

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; NUCLEIC ACID; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN DETECTION; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD SMEAR; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DRUG RESPONSE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; MALARIA; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAPID ANTIGEN TEST; REVIEW; STAINING; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; PROCEDURES; UTILIZATION;

DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHY; MALARIA; MICROSCOPY; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES;

EID: 85021264792     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02562-16     Document Type: Review

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