Usefulness of Plasmodium falciparum-specific rapid diagnostic tests for assessment of parasite clearance and detection of recurrent infections after artemisinin-based combination therapy

Malaria Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Aydin Schmidt, Berit ^a   Mubi, Marycelina ^a,b   Morris, Ulrika ^a   Petzold, Max ^c   Ngasala, Billy E ^b   Premji, Zul ^b   Björkman, Anders ^a   Mårtensson, Andreas ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Clearance; HRP2; LDH; Malaria; RDT; Recurrent parasitaemia; Treatment follow up

Indexed keywords

ACRIDINE ORANGE; ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; ARTEMISININ; HISTIDINE DERIVATIVE; HISTIDINE RICH PROTEIN 2; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GIEMSA STAIN; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; NONHUMAN; OUTPATIENT CARE; PARASITE CLEARANCE; PATIENT MONITORING; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RAPID DIAGNOSTIC TEST; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECURRENT INFECTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; ETHANOLAMINES; FEMALE; FLUORENES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECURRENCE; TANZANIA;

EID: 84884784983     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-12-349     Document Type: Article

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