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Field performance of ultrasensitive and conventional malaria rapid diagnostic tests in southern Mozambique

Galatas, Beatriz; Mayor, Alfredo; Gupta, Himanshu; Balanza, Núria; Jang, Ihn Kyung; Nhamussua, Lidia; Simone, Wilson; Cistero, Pau; Chidimatembue, Arlindo; Munguambe, Humberto; Saute, Francisco; Aide, Pedro; Bassat, Quique.

Malar. j. (Online); 19 (1), 2020

An ultrasensitive malaria rapid diagnostic test (RDT) was recently developed for the improved detection of low-density Plasmodium falciparum infections. This study aimed to compare the diagnostic performance of the PfHRP2-based Abbott Malaria Ag P. falciparum ultrasensitive RDT (uRDT) to that of the conv...

Antígenos de Protozoários/genética, Parasitologia/métodos, d0077700, d0126800, Moçambique, Antígenos de Protozoários/sangue, Estudos Transversais, Teste em Amostras de Sangue Seco/métodos, Teste em Amostras de Sangue Seco/estatística & dados numéricos, Malária Falciparum/diagnóstico, Parasitologia/estatística & dados numéricos, Plasmodium falciparum/genética

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Estimation of malaria-attributable fever in malaria test–positive febrile outpatients in three provinces of mozambique, 2018

Like most malaria-endemic countries, Mozambique relies on tabulation of confirmed malaria test–positive febrile patients to track incidence of malaria. However, this approach is potentially biased by incidental malaria parasitemia in patients with fever of another etiology. We compared pan-Plasmodium a...