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Establishing a malaria diagnostics centre of excellence in Kisumu, Kenya

BACKGROUND: Malaria microscopy, while the gold standard for malaria diagnosis, has limitations. Efficacy estimates in drug and vaccine malaria trials are very sensitive to small errors in microscopy endpoints. This fact led to the establishment of a Malaria Diagnostics Centre of Excellence in Kisumu...

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Autores principales:	Ohrt, Colin, Obare, Peter, Nanakorn, Ampon, Adhiambo, Christine, Awuondo, Ken, O'Meara, Wendy Prudhomme, Remich, Shon, Martin, Kurt, Cook, Earnest, Chretien, Jean-Paul, Lucas, Carmen, Osoga, Joseph, McEvoy, Peter, Owaga, Martin Lucas, Odera, James Sande, Ogutu, Bernhards
Formato:	Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2007
Materias:	Case Study
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1933544/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17565676 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-6-79

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