Failure of rapid diagnostic tests in Plasmodium falciparum malaria cases among travelers to the UK and Ireland: Identification and characterisation of the parasites

Failure of rapid diagnostic tests in Plasmodium falciparum malaria cases among travelers to the UK and Ireland: Identification and characterisation of the parasites

Objectives: Our objective was to systematically investigate false-negative histidine-rich protein 2 rapid diagnostic tests (HRP2-RDT) in imported Plasmodium falciparum malaria cases from travelers to the UK and the Republic of Ireland (RoI). Methods: Five imported malaria cases in travellers returni...

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Main Authors: Debbie Nolder, Lindsay Stewart, Julie Tucker, Amy Ibrahim, Adam Gray, Tumena Corrah, Carmel Gallagher, Laurence John, Edel O’Brien, Dinesh Aggarwal, Ernest Diez Benavente, Donelly van Schalkwyk, Gisela Henriques, Nuno Sepúlveda, Susana Campino, Peter Chiodini, Colin Sutherland, Khalid B. Beshir
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-07-01
Series:International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
RDT
Malaria
pfhrp2
pfhrp3
Deletion
Plasmodium
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971221004094

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