Assessment of Clinical Diagnosis, Microscopy, Rapid Diagnostic Tests, and Polymerase Chain Reaction in the Diagnosis of Plasmodium falciparum in Nigeria

This study compares the performance of clinical diagnosis and three laboratory diagnostic methods (thick film microscopy (TFM), rapid diagnostic test (RDT), and polymerase chain reaction (PCR)) for the diagnosis of Plasmodium falciparum in Nigeria. Using clinical criteria, 217 children were recruite...

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Autores principales: Ojurongbe, Olusola, Adegbosin, Olunike Olayeni, Taiwo, Sunday Samuel, Alli, Oyebode Armstrong Terry, Olowe, Olugbenga Adekunle, Ojurongbe, Taiwo Adetola, Bolaji, Oloyede Samuel, Adeyeba, Oluwaseyi Adegboyega
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3859170/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24371538
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/308069

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3859170/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24371538
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/308069

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