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A rapid diagnostic test for schistosomiasis mansoni [PDF]

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2013
This article presents an improvement to the Kato-Katz (KK) method, making it faster and more efficient for the visualisation of fertile eggs in stool samples. This modified KK method uses sodium acetate formalin as a fixative and reveals the intensity of
Clelia Christina Mello-Silva, Roberto Carlos Joao, Ronaldo de Carvalho Augusto, Claudia Portes Santos   +3 more
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Rapid Diagnostic Test (RDT) untuk Mencegah Penularan Covid-19 di Kabupaten Sleman Yogyakarta

Aksiologiya: Jurnal Pengabdian Kepada Masyarakat, 2022
Corona Virus Disease 19 (Covid-19) masih menjadi sebuah penyakit pandemi di dunia. Jumlah positif Covid-19 di seluruh dunia 8 Juli 2020 mencapai 11.939.555, sembuh 6.841.773 dan meninggal 545.586.
Siti Fadlilah, Ariyanto Nugroho, Ririn Wahyu Widayati, Cristin Wiyani   +3 more
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Diagnostic accuracy of antibody-based rapid diagnostic tests in detecting coronavirus disease 2019: systematic review

Archives of Medical Science, 2021
Introduction The rapid transmission of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) requires a fast, accurate, and affordable detection method. Despite doubts of its diagnostic accuracy, Rapid Diagnostic Test (RDT) is world-widely used in consideration for its ...
Tiara Josephine Gracienta, Ryan Herardi, Frans Santosa, Taufiq Fredrik Pasiak, Yanto Sandy Tjang   +4 more
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High-throughput Plasmodium falciparum hrp2 and hrp3 gene deletion typing by digital PCR to monitor malaria rapid diagnostic test efficacy

eLife, 2022
Most rapid diagnostic tests for Plasmodium falciparum malaria target the Histidine-Rich Proteins 2 and 3 (HRP2 and HRP3). Deletions of the hrp2 and hrp3 genes result in false-negative tests and are a threat for malaria control.
Claudia A Vera-Arias, Aurel Holzschuh, Colins O Oduma, Kingsley Badu, Mutala Abdul-Hakim, Joshua Yukich, Manuel W Hetzel, Bakar S Fakih, Abdullah Ali, Marcelo U Ferreira, Simone Ladeia-Andrade, Fabián E Sáenz, Yaw Afrane, Endalew Zemene, Delenasaw Yewhalaw, James W Kazura, Guiyun Yan, Cristian Koepfli   +17 more
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Utility of Rapid Diagnostic Test for the Diagnosis of Malaria in Children: A Cross-sectional Study [PDF]

National Journal of Laboratory Medicine, 2023
Introduction: Malaria is one of the primary causes of paediatric deaths. Rapid and accurate diagnosis, followed by effective treatment, is the main strategy for malaria control. Microscopy has been the gold standard test for diagnosing malaria for over a
K Dhivya, M Manoj Kumar, J Ganesh
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Malaria in pregnancy (MiP) studies assessing the clinical performance of highly sensitive rapid diagnostic tests (HS-RDT) for Plasmodium falciparum detection

Malaria Journal, 2023
Background Rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) are effective tools to diagnose and inform the treatment of malaria in adults and children. The recent development of a highly sensitive rapid diagnostic test (HS-RDT) for Plasmodium falciparum has prompted ...
Xavier C. Ding, Sandra Incardona, Elisa Serra-Casas, Sarah C. Charnaud, Hannah C. Slater, Gonzalo J. Domingo, Emily R. Adams, Feiko O. ter Kuile, Aaron M. Samuels, Simon Kariuki, Sabine Dittrich   +10 more
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False-positive rapid diagnostic tests in paediatric and obstetric patients in South Africa

Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine, 2021
Introduction: Providing easily accessible, quick and accurate human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing services (HTS) is central to achieving the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) 90-90-90 targets.
Josephine Keal, Ahmad H. Mazanderani, Nicola van Dongen, Gillian Sorour, Karl-Gunter Technau   +4 more
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Rapid diagnostic testing for malaria [PDF]

Tropical Medicine & International Health, 2003
SummaryMalaria rapid diagnostic devices (MRDD) have been developed with the hope that they would offer accurate, reliable, rapid, cheap and easily available alternatives to traditional methods of malaria diagnosis. The results from early malaria rapid diagnostic studies were quite promising, especially for detecting Plasmodium falciparum at densities ...
Clinton K, Murray, David, Bell, Robert A, Gasser, Chansuda, Wongsrichanalai   +3 more
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Diagnostic Efficacy of Rapid Immunochromatographic Test in Diagnosis of Dengue Infection

Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology, 2022
Dengue is a mosquito-borne arboviral disease of grave public health concern worldwide. Early diagnosis and treatment is required to reduce morbidity & mortality from complications caused by secondary dengue infection.
Charanjeev Kaur, Sarbjeet Sharma
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A Reagent and Virus Benchmarking Panel for a Uniform Analytical Performance Assessment of N Antigen-Based Diagnostic Tests for COVID-19

Microbiology Spectrum, 2023
Rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) that detect antigen indicative of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection can help in making quick health care decisions and regularly monitoring groups at risk of infection.
Allison Golden, Jason L. Cantera, Lorraine Lillis, Thanh T. Phan, Hannah Slater, Edwin J. Webb, Roger B. Peck, David S. Boyle, Gonzalo J. Domingo   +8 more
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