Reliability of rapid diagnostic tests in diagnosing pregnancy-associated malaria in north-eastern Tanzania

Malaria Journal

Volumn 11, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Minja, Daniel T ^a,b   Schmiegelow, Christentze ^b   Oesterholt, Mayke ^c   Magistrado, Pamela A ^a,b   Boström, Stéphanie ^g   John, Davis ^d   Pehrson, Caroline ^b   Andersen, Daniel ^b   Deloron, Philippe ^e,f   Salanti, Ali ^b   Lemnge, Martha ^a   Luty, Adrian J ^c,e   Alifrangis, Michael ^b   Theander, Thor ^b   Lusingu, John P ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL CENTRE   (Tanzania)

^e INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^g STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Microscopy; Plasmodium falciparum; Polymerase chain reaction (PCR); Pregnancy outcomes; Pregnancy Associated Malaria (PAM); Rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs); Reliability; Sensitivity; Sub microscopic infections; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; HISTIDINE RICH PROTEIN 2; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PARASITE LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; QUININE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; BLOOD SAMPLING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY ASSOCIATED MALARIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RAPID DIAGNOSTIC TEST; RELIABILITY; TANZANIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BLOOD; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA; PARASITOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862497967     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-11-211     Document Type: Article

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