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Field assessment of dried Plasmodium falciparum samples for malaria rapid diagnostic test quality control and proficiency testing in Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) are now widely used for laboratory confirmation of suspected malaria cases to comply with the World Health Organization recommendation for universal testing before treatment. However, many malaria programmes lack quality control (QC) processes to assess RDT...
Autores principales: | Tamiru, Afework, Boulanger, Lucy, Chang, Michelle A, Malone, Joseph L, Aidoo, Michael |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2015
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4320833/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25605222 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-014-0524-z |
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