Global sequence variation in the histidine-rich proteins 2 and 3 of Plasmodium falciparum: implications for the performance of malaria rapid diagnostic tests

BACKGROUND: Accurate diagnosis is essential for prompt and appropriate treatment of malaria. While rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) offer great potential to improve malaria diagnosis, the sensitivity of RDTs has been reported to be highly variable. One possible factor contributing to variable test perf...

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Autores principales: Baker, Joanne, Ho, Mei-Fong, Pelecanos, Anita, Gatton, Michelle, Chen, Nanhua, Abdullah, Salim, Albertini, Audrey, Ariey, Frederic, Barnwell, John, Bell, David, Cunningham, Jane, Djalle, Djibrine, Echeverry, Diego F, Gamboa, Dionicia, Hii, Jeffery, Kyaw, Myat Phone, Luchavez, Jennifer, Membi, Christopher, Menard, Didier, Murillo, Claribel, Nhem, Sina, Ogutu, Bernhards, Onyor, Pamela, Oyibo, Wellington, Wang, Shan Qing, McCarthy, James, Cheng, Qin
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2893195/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20470441
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-9-129

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