Limit of blank and limit of detection of Plasmodium falciparum thick blood smear microscopy in a routine setting in Central Africa

BACKGROUND: Proper malaria diagnosis depends on the detection of asexual forms of Plasmodium spp. in the blood. Thick blood smear microscopy is the accepted gold standard of malaria diagnosis and is widely implemented. Surprisingly, diagnostic performance of this method is not well investigated and...

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Autores principales: Joanny, Fanny, Löhr, Sascha JZ, Engleitner, Thomas, Lell, Bertrand, Mordmüller, Benjamin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
Materias:
Methodology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4069274/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24929248
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-13-234

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4069274/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24929248
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-13-234

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