False-negative malaria rapid diagnostic test results and their impact on community-based malaria surveys in sub-Saharan Africa

Surveillance and diagnosis of Plasmodium falciparum malaria relies predominantly on rapid diagnostic tests (RDT). However, false-negative (FN) RDT results are known to occur for a variety of reasons, including operator error, poor storage conditions, pfhrp2/3 gene deletions, poor performance of spec...

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Autores principales: Watson, Oliver J, Sumner, Kelsey Marie, Janko, Mark, Goel, Varun, Winskill, Peter, Slater, Hannah C, Ghani, Azra, Meshnick, Steven R, Parr, Jonathan B
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2019
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6666813/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31406591
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2019-001582

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6666813/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31406591
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2019-001582

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