Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
Volume 1, Issue 2 , Pages 119-122 , May 2003

Sensitivity of P. vivax rapid antigen detection tests and possible implications for self-diagnostic use

  • Martin P. Grobusch

      Affiliations

    • Department of Infectious Diseases, Charité, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany
    • Department of Parasitology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Eberhard Karls University, Wilhelmsstr. 27, D-72074 Tuebingen, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Department of Parasitology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Eberhard Karls University, Wilhelmsstr. 27, D-72074 Tuebingen, Germany. Tel.: +49-7071-298-0234; fax +49-7071-29-4684
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  • Thomas Hänscheid

      Affiliations

    • Lab. Microbiologia, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina de Lisboa, Portugal
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  • Klaus Göbels

      Affiliations

    • Department of Infectious Diseases, Charité, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany
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  • Hortense Slevogt

      Affiliations

    • Department of Infectious Diseases, Charité, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany
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  • Thomas Zoller

      Affiliations

    • Department of Infectious Diseases, Charité, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany
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  • Gertrud Rögler

      Affiliations

    • Department of Infectious Diseases, Charité, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany
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  • Dieter Teichmann

      Affiliations

    • Department of Infectious Diseases, Charité, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany

Received 11 February 2003 ,Revised 21 March 2003 ,Accepted 24 March 2003.

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PII: S1477-8939(03)00037-1

doi: 10.1016/S1477-8939(03)00037-1

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
Volume 1, Issue 2 , Pages 119-122 , May 2003

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