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Paracheck-Pf(® )accuracy and recently treated Plasmodium falciparum infections: is there a risk of over-diagnosis?
BACKGROUND: An assessment of the accuracy of Paracheck Pf(®), a malaria rapid diagnostic test (RDT) detecting histidine rich protein 2 was undertaken amongst children aged 6–59 months in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. METHODS: This RDT assessment occurred in conjunction with an ACT efficacy t...
Autores principales: | Swarthout, Todd D, Counihan, Helen, Senga, Raphael Kabangwa K, van den Broek, Ingrid |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2007
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1890550/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17506881 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-6-58 |
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