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Survival analysis of diagnostic assays in Plasmodium falciparum malaria

BACKGROUND: Rapid diagnostic tests (RDT) and real-time PCR (qPCR) assays are sensitive for diagnosing malaria, but because they detect antigen and DNA, respectively, positivity may not reflect active infection. Performance characteristics of RDT and qPCR in Plasmodium falciparum positive specimens w...

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Autores principales: Phuong, Melissa, Lau, Rachel, Ralevski, Filip, Boggild, Andrea K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4574317/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26377580
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-015-0882-1