Malaria diagnosis under field conditions in the Venezuelan Amazon

To improve practical, accurate diagnosis of malaria in the Amazon rainforest of Venezuela, two rapid diagnostic tests (RDT) (OptiMAL-IT ® and FalciVax ®) and a laboratory light microscope, used in the field with a battery-operated head lamp as an external light source, were evaluated against the sta...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2008, Vol.102 (1), p.20-24
Hauptverfasser:	Metzger, W.G., Vivas-Martínez, S., Rodriguez, I., Gonçalves, J., Bongard, E., Fanello, C.I., Vivas, L., Magris, M.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animals Biological and medical sciences Diagnosis Diagnostic test Human protozoal diseases Humans Infectious diseases Malaria Malaria - diagnosis Medical sciences Microscopy Microscopy - methods Microscopy - standards Parasitemia - diagnosis Parasitic diseases Plasmodium Plasmodium - isolation & purification Protozoal diseases Quality Control Reagent Kits, Diagnostic - parasitology Reagent Kits, Diagnostic - standards Sensitivity and Specificity Venezuela Venezuela - epidemiology
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