Field Evaluation of Malaria Microscopy, Rapid Malaria Tests and Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification in a Rural Hospital in South Western Ethiopia

• Juan Cuadros ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Juan Cuadros, Ramón Pérez-Tanoira

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Universitary Hospital Príncipe de Asturias, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain

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• Ramón Pérez-Tanoira ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Juan Cuadros, Ramón Pérez-Tanoira

  * E-mail: ramontanoira@hotmail.com

  Affiliations Department of Medicine and Laboratory, Gambo Rural General Hospital, Kore, West-Arsi, Gambo, Ethiopia, Division of Infectious Diseases, Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain, Department of Medicine, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain, Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland

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• Laura Prieto-Pérez,

  Affiliations Department of Medicine and Laboratory, Gambo Rural General Hospital, Kore, West-Arsi, Gambo, Ethiopia, Division of Infectious Diseases, Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain, Department of Medicine, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

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• Ines Martin-Martin,

  Affiliations Department of Medicine and Laboratory, Gambo Rural General Hospital, Kore, West-Arsi, Gambo, Ethiopia, Medical Entomology Unit, Department of Parasitology, National Centre of Microbiology, Health Institute Carlos III, Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain

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• Pedro Berzosa,

  Affiliation National Centre of Tropical Medicine, Health Insitute Carlos III, Madrid, Spain

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• Vicenta González,

  Affiliation National Centre of Tropical Medicine, Health Insitute Carlos III, Madrid, Spain

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• Gebre Tisiano,

  Affiliation Department of Medicine and Laboratory, Gambo Rural General Hospital, Kore, West-Arsi, Gambo, Ethiopia

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• Seble Balcha,

  Affiliation Department of Medicine and Laboratory, Gambo Rural General Hospital, Kore, West-Arsi, Gambo, Ethiopia

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• José Manuel Ramos,

  Affiliations Department of Medicine and Laboratory, Gambo Rural General Hospital, Kore, West-Arsi, Gambo, Ethiopia, Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital General Universitario of Alicante.Miguel Hernández University, Elche, Alicante, Spain

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• Miguel Górgolas

  Affiliations Department of Medicine and Laboratory, Gambo Rural General Hospital, Kore, West-Arsi, Gambo, Ethiopia, Division of Infectious Diseases, Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain, Department of Medicine, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

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