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Plasmodium falciparum diagnostic tools in HIV-positive under-5-year-olds in two ART clinics in Ghana: are there missed infections?

BACKGROUND: Plasmodium falciparum, the most dominant species in sub-Saharan Africa, causes the most severe clinical malaria manifestations. In resource-limited Ghana, where malaria and HIV geographically overlap, histidine-rich protein 2 (HRP2)-based rapid diagnostic test (RDT) is a faster, easier a...

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Autores principales: Owusu, Ewurama D. A., Djonor, Samson K., Brown, Charles A., Grobusch, Martin P., Mens, Petra F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5824602/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29471833
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-018-2231-7