Comparison of a PfHRP2-based rapid diagnostic test and PCR for malaria in a low prevalence setting in rural southern Zambia: Implications for elimination

Malaria Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Laban, Natasha M ^a   Kobayashi, Tamaki ^b   Hamapumbu, Harry ^a   Sullivan, David ^b   Mharakurwa, Sungano ^a,b   Thuma, Philip E ^a   Shiff, Clive J ^b   Moss, William J ^b  

^a Macha Research Trust   (Zambia)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Elimination; Malaria; Nested PCR; PfHRP2 RDT; Quantitative PCR; Zambia

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; HISTIDINE RICH PROTEIN 2 ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; HRP-2 ANTIGEN, PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; GENE DELETION; GENE DOSAGE; GENOME SIZE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; NONHUMAN; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PATHOGEN CLEARANCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; ZAMBIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; GENETICS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PARASITOLOGY; PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; YOUNG ADULT; ZAMBIA;

EID: 84928656319     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12936-015-0544-3     Document Type: Article

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