Evaluation of HRP2 and pLDH-based rapid diagnostic tests for malaria and prevalence of pfhrp2/3 deletions in Aweil, South Sudan

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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Main Authors: Emily Lynch, Tomas O. Jensen, Bachir Assao, Menard Chihana, Thadeous Turuho, Dan Nyehangane, John B. Manyok, Harriet Pasquale, Nimol Khim, Benoit Witkowski, Matthew E. Coldiron
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-09-01
Series:Malaria Journal
Subjects:
Malaria
Rapid diagnostic test
Plasmodium lactate dehydrogenase
Histidine-rich protein 2
South Sudan
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-022-04280-w

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-022-04280-w

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