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Analysis of false-negative rapid diagnostic tests for symptomatic malaria in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

The majority of Plasmodium falciparum malaria diagnoses in Africa are made using rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) that detect histidine-rich protein 2. Increasing reports of false-negative RDT results due to parasites with deletions of the pfhrp2 and/or pfhrp3 genes (pfhrp2/3) raise concern about exist...

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Autores principales: Parr, Jonathan B., Kieto, Eddy, Phanzu, Fernandine, Mansiangi, Paul, Mwandagalirwa, Kashamuka, Mvuama, Nono, Landela, Ange, Atibu, Joseph, Efundu, Solange Umesumbu, Olenga, Jean W., Thwai, Kyaw Lay, Morgan, Camille E., Denton, Madeline, Poffley, Alison, Juliano, Jonathan J., Mungala, Pomie, Likwela, Joris L., Sompwe, Eric M., Rogier, Eric, Tshefu, Antoinette K., N’Siala, Adrien, Kalonji, Albert
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7985209/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33753817
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-85913-z