Evaluation of HRP2 and pLDH-based rapid diagnostic tests for malaria and prevalence of pfhrp2/3 deletions in Aweil, South Sudan
Abstract Background Rapid diagnostic tests (RDT) for malaria are the primary tool for malaria diagnosis in sub-Saharan Africa but the utility of the most commonly used histidine-rich protein 2 (HRP2) antigen-based tests is limited in high transmission settings due to the long duration of positivity...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2022-09-01
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Series: | Malaria Journal |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-022-04280-w |