Plasmodium falciparum histidine rich protein-2 diversity and the implications for PfHRP 2: based malaria rapid diagnostic tests in Ghana

BACKGROUND: Malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) play a key role in malaria management and control. The PfHRP-2 based RDT is the most widely used RDT for malaria diagnosis in Ghana. Deletion of pfhrp2 in Plasmodium falciparum parasites affect the diagnostic accuracy of PfHRP-2 based RDT kits. Ident...

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Autores principales: Amoah, Linda Eva, Abankwa, Joana, Oppong, Akua
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
Materias:
Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4759916/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26891848
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-016-1159-z

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4759916/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26891848
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-016-1159-z

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