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Rapid Antigen Detection Tests for Malaria Diagnosis in Severely Ill Papua New Guinean Children: A Comparative Study Using Bayesian Latent Class Models

BACKGROUND: Although rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) have practical advantages over light microscopy (LM) and good sensitivity in severe falciparum malaria in Africa, their utility where severe non-falciparum malaria occurs is unknown. LM, RDTs and polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based methods have li...

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Autores principales: Manning, Laurens, Laman, Moses, Rosanas-Urgell, Anna, Turlach, Berwin, Aipit, Susan, Bona, Cathy, Warrell, Jonathan, Siba, Peter, Mueller, Ivo, Davis, Timothy M. E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3489828/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23144935
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0048701