An assessment of various blood collection and transfer methods used for malaria rapid diagnostic tests
Open Access
- 15 November 2007
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Malaria Journal
- Vol. 6 (1) , 149
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-6-149
Abstract
Four blood collection and transfer devices commonly used for malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) were assessed for their consistency, accuracy and ease of use in the hands of laboratory technicians and village health workers.Keywords
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