Performance of a highly sensitive rapid diagnostic test (HS-RDT) for detecting malaria in peripheral and placental blood samples from pregnant women in Colombia

BACKGROUND: Pregnancy poses specific challenges for the diagnosis of Plasmodium falciparum infection due to parasite sequestration in the placenta, which translates in low circulation levels in peripheral blood. The aim of this study is to assess the performance of a new highly sensitive rapid diagn...

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Autores principales: Vásquez, Ana María, Medina, Ana Catalina, Tobón-Castaño, Alberto, Posada, Maritza, Vélez, Gabriel Jaime, Campillo, Ana, González, Iveth J., Ding, Xavier
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6072118/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30071004
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0201769

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