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Performance of ultra-sensitive malaria rapid diagnostic test to detect Plasmodium falciparum infection in pregnant women in Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo

BACKGROUND: Low peripheral parasitaemia caused by sequestration of Plasmodium falciparum in the placenta hampers the diagnosis of malaria in pregnant women, leading to microscopy or conventional rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) false-negative results. Although mainly asymptomatic, maternal malaria rema...

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Autores principales: Kabalu Tshiongo, Japhet, Luzolo, Flory, Kabena, Melissa, Kuseke, Lise, Djimde, Moussa, Mitashi, Patrick, Lumbala, Crispin, Kayentao, Kassoum, Menting, Sandra, Mens, Petra F., Schallig, Henk D. F. H., Lutumba, Pascal, Tinto, Halidou, Muhindo Mavoko, Hypolite, Maketa, Vivi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10594769/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37872634
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-023-04749-2