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Prozone in malaria rapid diagnostics tests: how many cases are missed?

BACKGROUND: Prozone means false-negative or false-low results in antigen-antibody reactions, due to an excess of either antigen or antibody. The present study prospectively assessed its frequency for malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) and Plasmodium falciparum samples in an endemic field setting....

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Autores principales: Gillet, Philippe, Scheirlinck, Annelies, Stokx, Jocelijn, De Weggheleire, Anja, Chaúque, Hélder S, Canhanga, Oreana DJV, Tadeu, Benvindo T, Mosse, Carla DD, Tiago, Armindo, Mabunda, Samuel, Bruggeman, Cathrien, Bottieau, Emmanuel, Jacobs, Jan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3141590/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21676264
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-10-166