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Evaluación de cuatro pruebas diagnósticas rápidas para el diagnóstico de P. vivax en Corea
Author(s) -
Kim Kyung Hee,
Jang Jin Woo,
Woo Mi Kyung,
Oh Jun Seo,
Han Eun Taek,
Lee Won Ja,
An Seong Soo A.,
Lim Chae Seung
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
tropical medicine and international health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.056
H-Index - 114
eISSN - 1365-3156
pISSN - 1360-2276
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2011.02846.x
Subject(s) - plasmodium vivax , malaria , vivax malaria , protozoal disease , virology , medicine , biology , plasmodium falciparum , immunology
Summary Objective To evaluate 4 rapid malaria diagnostic kits (RDTs) in Korea: OptiMAL test, SD BIOLINE Malaria Ag P.f/Pan test, Humasis Malaria P.f/Pan antigen test and CareStart™ Malaria Pf/Pv Combo test. Methods Hundred malaria patients with Plasmodium vivax ( P. vivax) and 100 healthy volunteers were recruited. The results from earlier four RDTs were compared with the reference standard, the Giemsa‐stained traditional microscopic diagnosis. Results Compared with the reference standard, the sensitivity and specificity for Plasmodium vivax were 92.7 and 100% for SD BIOLINE Malaria Ag P.f/Pan; and 94.6% and 100% for OptiMAL; 95.5% and 100% for both Humasis Malaria P.f/Pan antigen test and CareStart™ Malaria Pf/Pv Combo test. Conclusion The performances of all four malaria RDT kits were acceptable, although Humasis Malaria P.f/Pan antigen test and CareStartTM Malaria Pf/Pv Combo test gave superior performances with ROK isolates.