Performance and time to become negative after treatment of three malaria rapid diagnostic tests in low and high malaria transmission settings

Malaria Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-12

  Grandesso, Francesco ^a   Nabasumba, Carolyn ^a   Nyehangane, Dan ^a   Page, Anne Laure ^a   Bastard, Mathieu ^a   De Smet, Martin ^b   Boum, Yap ^a,c   Etard, Jean François ^a,d  

^a EPICENTRE   (France)

^b MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Belgium)

^c MBARARA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Uganda)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Diagnostic; Fever; Malaria; Negativity; Performance; Rapid diagnostic test; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

AMODIAQUINE PLUS ARTESUNATE; ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; HISTIDINE RICH PROTEIN 2; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PLASMODIUM LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMISININ DERIVATIVE; DRUG COMBINATION; ETHANOLAMINE DERIVATIVE; FLUORENE DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CHILD; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HRP2 RAPID TEST; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALARIA RAPID TEST; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLDH RAPID TEST; POPULATION RISK; REPEAT PROCEDURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME TO TREATMENT; UGANDA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DRUG COMBINATION; EVALUATION STUDY; FOLLOW UP; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; INFANT; MALARIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; TIME FACTOR;

ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; ETHANOLAMINES; FEMALE; FLUORENES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHY; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; UGANDA;

EID: 84990858690     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12936-016-1529-6     Document Type: Article

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