Comparison of rapid diagnostic tests for the detection of Plasmodium vivax malaria in South Korea.
South Korea is one of many countries with endemic Plasmodium vivax malaria. Here we report the evaluation of four rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) for diagnosis of this disease. A total of 253 subjects were enrolled in the study. The sensitivities, specificities and agreement frequencies were estimated...
Main Authors: | Jung-Yeon Kim, So-Young Ji, Youn-Kyoung Goo, Byoung-Kuk Na, Hyo-Joo Pyo, Han-Na Lee, Juyoung Lee, Nam Hee Kim, Lorenz von Seidlein, Qin Cheng, Shin-Hyung Cho, Won-Ja Lee |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2013-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3646812?pdf=render |
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