Diagnostic capacity, and predictive values of rapid diagnostic tests for accurate diagnosis of Plasmodium falciparum in febrile children in Asante-Akim, Ghana

BACKGROUND: This study seeks to compare the performance of HRP2 (First Response) and pLDH/HRP2 (Combo) RDTs for falciparum malaria against microscopy and PCR in acutely ill febrile children at presentation and follow-up. METHODS: This is an interventional study that recruited children < 5 years w...

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I publikationen:Malar J
Huvudupphovsmän: Quakyi, Isabella A., Adjei, George O., Sullivan, David J., Laar, Amos, Stephens, Judith K., Owusu, Richmond, Winch, Peter, Sakyi, Kwame S., Coleman, Nathaniel, Krampa, Francis D., Essuman, Edward, Aubyn, Vivian N. A., Boateng, Isaac A., Borteih, Bernard B., Vanotoo, Linda, Tuakli, Juliet, Addison, Ebenezer, Bart-Plange, Constance, Sorvor, Felix, Adjei, Andrew A.
Materialtyp: Artigo
Språk:Inglês
Publicerad: BioMed Central 2018
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Research
Länkar:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6295071/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30547795
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-018-2613-x
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