Buffer substitution in malaria rapid diagnostic tests causes false-positive results

Malaria Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Gillet, Philippe ^a   Mori, Marcella ^a   Van Den Ende, Jef ^a   Jacobs, Jan ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUFFER; EDETIC ACID; PARASITE ANTIGEN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TAP WATER; WATER; HRP 2 ANTIGEN, PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; HRP-2 ANTIGEN, PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALARIA RAPID DIAGNOSTIC TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PLASMODIUM; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BUFFERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; MALARIA; OBSERVER VARIATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER;

EID: 77954805781     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-9-215     Document Type: Article

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