Performance of antigen detection for HRP2-based malaria rapid diagnostic tests in community surveys: Tanzania, July–November 2017

Abstract Background Malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) based on the detection of the Plasmodium falciparum histidine-rich protein 2 (HRP2) antigen are widely used for detection of active infection with this parasite and are the only practical malaria diagnostic test in some endemic settings. Exte...

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Published in:Malaria Journal
Main Authors: Eric Rogier, Catherine Bakari, Celine I. Mandara, Mercy G. Chiduo, Mateusz Plucinski, Douglas Nace, Nastassia Battle, Franky Chacky, Susan F. Rumisha, Fabrizio Molteni, Renata Mandike, Sigsbert Mkude, Ritha Njau, Ally Mohamed, Venkatachalam Udhayakumar, Deus S. Ishengoma
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022
Subjects:
Tanzania
Malaria
Rapid diagnostic tests
Histidine-rich protein 2
Limit of detection Plasmodium falciparum
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Infectious and parasitic diseases
RC109-216
Arctic
Geita
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-022-04383-4
https://doaj.org/article/10fbc7597b22413d84f5d0f1634faaeb

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