Utility of the detection of Plasmodium parasites for the diagnosis of malaria in endemic areas

BACKGROUND: In populations where the prevalence of infection with Plasmodium parasites is high, blood tests that identify Plasmodium parasites in patients with fever may lead to false positive diagnosis of malaria-disease. We characterised the diminishing value of the parasite detection test as a fu...

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Autores principales: Perneger, Thomas V, Szeless, Thomas, Rougemont, André
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2006
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1475866/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16670024
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-6-81

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