Assessment of the prozone effect in malaria rapid diagnostic tests

BACKGROUND: The prozone effect (or high doses-hook phenomenon) consists of false-negative or false-low results in immunological tests, due to an excess of either antigens or antibodies. Although frequently cited as a cause of false-negative results in malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs), especiall...

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Autores principales: Gillet, Philippe, Mori, Marcella, Van Esbroeck, Marjan, Ende, Jef Van den, Jacobs, Jan
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2789093/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19948018
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-8-271

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2789093/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19948018
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-8-271

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