Field evaluation of diagnostic performance of malaria rapid diagnostic tests in western Kenya.

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Published in Malar J on September 07, 2016

Authors

Elizabeth W Wanja1, Nickline Kuya2, Collins Moranga2, Mark Hickman3, Jacob D Johnson4, Carolyne Moseti2, Lalaine Anova3, Bernhards Ogutu2, Colin Ohrt5

Author Affiliations

1: Malaria Diagnostics Centre, Kenya Medical Research Institute/United States Army Medical Research Unit, Kenya, Box 54, Kisumu, 40100, Kenya. Elizabeth.Wanja.mil@afrims.org.
2: Malaria Diagnostics Centre, Kenya Medical Research Institute/United States Army Medical Research Unit, Kenya, Box 54, Kisumu, 40100, Kenya.
3: Division of Experimental Therapeutics, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD, 20910, USA.
4: Madigan Army Medical Center, 9040 Jackson Ave, Tacoma, WA, 98431, USA.
5: Translational Medicine International, LLC, 35 Trung Van Road, Hanoi, Vietnam.

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