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Bedside diagnosis of imported malaria using the Binax Now malaria antigen detection test

Lothar Wiese From the Centre for Medical Parasitology, Department of Clinical Microbiology and Department of Infectious Diseases, Copenhagen University Hospital (Rigshospitalet),Correspondence[email protected]
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Brita Bruun Department of Clinical Microbiology, Hillerød Hospital,
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Leif Bæk Department of Clinical Microbiology, Copenhagen University Hospital (Herlev),
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Alice Friis-Møller Department of Clinical Microbiology, Copenhagen University Hospital (Hvidovre),
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Bente Gahrn-Hansen Department of Clinical Microbiology, Odense University Hospital,
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Joanna Hansen Department of Clinical Microbiology, Hillerød Hospital,
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Ole Heltberg Department of Clinical Microbiology, Næstved Hospital,
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Tove Højbjerg Department of Clinical Microbiology, Aalborg Hospital, Århus University Hospital,
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Maren Kathrine Hornstrup Department of Infectious Diseases, Odense University Hospital,
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Birgit Kvinesdal Department of Internal Medicine, Helsingør Hospital,
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Grethe Gomme From the Centre for Medical Parasitology, Department of Clinical Microbiology and Department of Infectious Diseases, Copenhagen University Hospital (Rigshospitalet),
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Jørgen A. L. Kurtzhals From the Centre for Medical Parasitology, Department of Clinical Microbiology and Department of Infectious Diseases, Copenhagen University Hospital (Rigshospitalet),
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Pages 1063-1068 | Received 02 Mar 2006, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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