Performance of highly sensitive and conventional rapid diagnostic tests for clinical and subclinical Plasmodium falciparum infections, and hrp2/3 deletion status in Burundi.

Performance of highly sensitive and conventional rapid diagnostic tests for clinical and subclinical Plasmodium falciparum infections, and hrp2/3 deletion status in Burundi.

Rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) are a key tool for the diagnosis of malaria infections among clinical and subclinical individuals. Low-density infections, and deletions of the P. falciparum hrp2/3 genes (encoding the HRP2 and HRP3 proteins detected by many RDTs) present challenges for RDT-based diagno...

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Main Authors: David Niyukuri, Denis Sinzinkayo, Emma V Troth, Colins O Oduma, Mediatrice Barengayabo, Mireille Ndereyimana, Aurel Holzschuh, Claudia A Vera-Arias, Yilekal Gebre, Kingsley Badu, Joseph Nyandwi, Dismas Baza, Elizabeth Juma, Cristian Koepfli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022-01-01
Series:PLOS Global Public Health
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/globalpublichealth/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pgph.0000828&type=printable
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