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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...
Autores principales: | Gillet, Philippe, Mori, Marcella, Van Esbroeck, Marjan, Ende, Jef Van den, Jacobs, Jan |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2009
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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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