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Pfhrp2 and pfhrp3 polymorphisms in Plasmodium falciparum isolates from Dakar, Senegal: impact on rapid malaria diagnostic tests

BACKGROUND: An accurate diagnosis is essential for the rapid and appropriate treatment of malaria. The accuracy of the histidine-rich protein 2 (PfHRP2)-based rapid diagnostic test (RDT) Palutop+4® was assessed here. One possible factor contributing to the failure to detect malaria by this test is t...

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Autores principales: Wurtz, Nathalie, Fall, Bécaye, Bui, Kim, Pascual, Aurélie, Fall, Mansour, Camara, Cheikhou, Diatta, Bakary, Fall, Khadidiatou Ba, Mbaye, Pape Saliou, Diémé, Yaya, Bercion, Raymond, Wade, Boubacar, Briolant, Sébastien, Pradines, Bruno
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3571878/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23347727
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-12-34