Comparison of visual and automated Deki Reader interpretation of malaria rapid diagnostic tests in rural Tanzanian military health facilities

BACKGROUND: Although microscopy is a standard diagnostic tool for malaria and the gold standard, it is infrequently used because of unavailability of laboratory facilities and the absence of skilled readers in poor resource settings. Malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDT) are currently used instead of...

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Published in:Malar J
Main Authors: Kalinga, Akili K., Mwanziva, Charles, Chiduo, Sarah, Mswanya, Christopher, Ishengoma, Deus I., Francis, Filbert, Temu, Lucky, Mahikwano, Lucas, Mgata, Saidi, Amoo, George, Anova, Lalaine, Wurrapa, Eyako, Zwingerman, Nora, Ferro, Santiago, Bhat, Geeta, Fine, Ian, Vesely, Brian, Waters, Norman, Kreishman-Deitrick, Mara, Hickman, Mark, Paris, Robert, Kamau, Edwin, Ohrt, Colin, Kavishe, Reginald A.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2018
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5975443/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29843721
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-018-2363-9
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