Misdiagnosis of imported falciparum malaria from African areas due to an increased prevalence of pfhrp2/pfhrp3 gene deletion: the Djibouti case

Misdiagnosis of imported falciparum malaria from African areas due to an increased prevalence of pfhrp2/pfhrp3 gene deletion: the Djibouti case

Following the diagnosis of a falciparum malaria case imported from Djibouti and not detected by a pfHRP2-based rapid diagnostic test (RDT), we investigated the prevalence of the pfhrp2/pfhrp3-deleted parasites in Djibouti using 378 blood samples collected between January and May 2019, from Djiboutia...

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Main Authors: Xavier Iriart, Sandie Menard, Pamela Chauvin, Hasna S. Mohamed, Elena Charpentier, Mohamed A. Mohamed, Antoine Berry, Mohamed H. Aboubaker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2020-01-01
Series:Emerging Microbes and Infections
Subjects:
Plasmodium falciparum
histidine-rich protein 2
deletion
Djibouti
rapid diagnostic test
Online Access:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/22221751.2020.1815590
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