Can malaria rapid diagnostic tests by drug sellers under field conditions classify children 5 years old or less with or without Plasmodium falciparum malaria? Comparison with nested PCR analysis

BACKGROUND: Malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) available as dipsticks or strips, are simple to perform, easily interpretable and do not require electricity nor infrastructural investment. Correct interpretation of and compliance with the RDT results is a challenge to drug sellers. Thus, drug sell...

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Autores principales: Kitutu, Freddy Eric, Wamani, Henry, Selling, Katarina Ekholm, Katabazi, Fred Ashaba, Kuteesa, Ronald Bisaso, Peterson, Stefan, Kalyango, Joan Nakayaga, Mårtensson, Andreas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6192306/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30326926
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-018-2508-x

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6192306/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30326926
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-018-2508-x

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