Performance of HRP-2 based rapid diagnostic test for malaria and its variation with age in an area of intense malaria transmission in southern tanzania

BACKGROUND: The use of malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) has been widely advocated to improve Plasmodium falciparum diagnosis, especially in settings where quality microscopy is not available. RDTs based on the detection of histidine-rich protein 2 (HRP-2) can remain positive for several weeks a...

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Autores principales: Laurent, Anne, Schellenberg, Joanna, Shirima, Kizito, Ketende, Sosthenes C, Alonso, Pedro L, Mshinda, Hassan, Tanner, Marcel, Schellenberg, David
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2974751/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20974009
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-9-294

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2974751/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20974009
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-9-294

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