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Limitations of rapid diagnostic tests in malaria surveys in areas with varied transmission intensity in Uganda 2017-2019: Implications for selection and use of HRP2 RDTs

BACKGROUND: Plasmodium falciparum histidine-rich protein 2 (HRP2)-based rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) are exclusively recommended for malaria diagnosis in Uganda; however, their functionality can be affected by parasite-related factors that have not been investigated in field settings. METHODS: Usin...

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Autores principales: Bosco, Agaba B., Nankabirwa, Joaniter I., Yeka, Adoke, Nsobya, Sam, Gresty, Karryn, Anderson, Karen, Mbaka, Paul, Prosser, Christiane, Smith, David, Opigo, Jimmy, Namubiru, Rhoda, Arinaitwe, Emmanuel, Kissa, John, Gonahasa, Samuel, Won, Sungho, Lee, Bora, Lim, Chae Seung, Karamagi, Charles, Cheng, Qin, Nakayaga, Joan K., Kamya, Moses R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7774953/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33382787
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0244457