Performance of rapid diagnostic tests for imported malaria in clinical practice: results of a national multicenter study.

We compared the performance of four rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) for imported malaria, and particularly Plasmodium falciparum infection, using thick and thin blood smears as the gold standard. All the tests are designed to detect at least one protein specific to P. falciparum (Plasmodium histidine-...

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Main Authors: Sandrine Houzé, Isabelle Boutron, Anne Marmorat, Marie Dalichampt, Christophe Choquet, Isabelle Poilane, Nadine Godineau, Anne-Sophie Le Guern, Marc Thellier, Hélène Broutier, Odile Fenneteau, Pascal Millet, Stéphanie Dulucq, Véronique Hubert, Pascal Houzé, Florence Tubach, Jacques Le Bras, Sophie Matheron
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3787089?pdf=render