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False-negative malaria rapid diagnostic tests in Rwanda: impact of Plasmodium falciparum isolates lacking hrp2 and declining malaria transmission
BACKGROUND: Rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) for histidine rich protein 2 (HRP2) are often used to determine whether persons with fever should be treated with anti-malarials. However, Plasmodium falciparum parasites with a deletion of the hrp2 gene yield false-negative RDTs and there are concerns the s...
Autores principales: | Kozycki, Christina T., Umulisa, Noella, Rulisa, Stephen, Mwikarago, Emil I., Musabyimana, Jean Pierre, Habimana, Jean Pierre, Karema, Corine, Krogstad, Donald J. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5359811/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28320390 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-017-1768-1 |
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