Performance of microscopy and RDTs in the context of a malaria prevalence survey in Angola: a comparison using PCR as the gold standard

BACKGROUND: Accurate identification of Plasmodium infections in community surveys is essential to successful malaria control. Microscopy and rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) are the main techniques used to diagnose malaria in field-based surveys. While microscopy is still considered the gold standard,...

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Autores principales: Fançony, Cláudia, Sebastião, Yuri V, Pires, João E, Gamboa, Dina, Nery, Susana V
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3751255/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23941281
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-12-284

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3751255/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23941281
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-12-284

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