Limitations of Rapid Diagnostic Testing in Patients with Suspected Malaria: A Diagnostic Accuracy Evaluation from Swaziland, a Low-Endemicity Country Aiming for Malaria Elimination | Zendy

Nikhil Ranadive | Zendy; Simon Kunene | Zendy; Sarah Darteh | Zendy; Nyasatu Ntshalintshali | Zendy; Nomcebo Nhlabathi | Zendy; Nomcebo Dlamini | Zendy; Stanley Chitundu | Zendy; Manik Saini | Zendy; Maxwell Murphy | Zendy; Adam Soble | Zendy; Alanna Schwartz | Zendy; Bryan Greenhouse | Zendy; Michelle S. Hsiang | Zendy

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Limitations of Rapid Diagnostic Testing in Patients with Suspected Malaria: A Diagnostic Accuracy Evaluation from Swaziland, a Low-Endemicity Country Aiming for Malaria Elimination

Author(s) -

Nikhil Ranadive,

Simon Kunene,

Sarah Darteh,

Nyasatu Ntshalintshali,

Nomcebo Nhlabathi,

Nomcebo Dlamini,

Stanley Chitundu,

Manik Saini,

Maxwell Murphy,

Adam Soble,

Alanna Schwartz,

Bryan Greenhouse,

Michelle S. Hsiang

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1093/cid/cix131

Subject(s) - malaria , medicine , rapid diagnostic test , diagnostic test , gold standard (test) , plasmodium falciparum , polymerase chain reaction , nested polymerase chain reaction , epidemiology , logistic regression , tropical medicine , dried blood spot , diagnosis of malaria , positive predicative value , false negative reactions , virology , immunology , predictive value , veterinary medicine , pathology , biology , gene , biochemistry , genetics

The performance of Plasmodium falciparum-specific histidine-rich protein 2-based rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) to evaluate suspected malaria in low-endemicity settings has not been well characterized.

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