Comparison of CareStart™ HRP2/pLDH COMBO rapid malaria test with light microscopy in north-west Ethiopia

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عنوان ژورنال: Malaria Journal

سال: 2012

ISSN: 1475-2875

DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-11-234