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Performance and time to become negative after treatment of three malaria rapid diagnostic tests in low and high malaria transmission settings

Malaria Journal, 2016
Background The performance of different malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDT) may be influenced by transmission intensity and by the length of time each test requires to become negative after treatment and patient’s recovery. Methods Results of three RDTs
Francesco Grandesso, Carolyn Nabasumba, Dan Nyehangane, Anne-Laure Page, Mathieu Bastard, Martin De Smet, Yap Boum, Jean-François Etard   +7 more
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A rapid diagnostic test for schistosomiasis mansoni

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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Perbandingan Rapid Diagnostic Test dan Pemeriksaan Mikroskopik pada Diagnosis Malaria [PDF]

, 2011
The study was conducted to compare rapid diagnostic test with microscopy (blood film) to diagnose malaria disease. This diagnostic test was done in South of Nias District and Sabang District, North Sumatera.
Siahaan, L. (Lambok)
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The role of rapid diagnostics in managing Ebola epidemics [PDF]

, 2015
Ebola emerged in West Africa around December 2013 and swept through Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia, giving rise to 27,748 confirmed, probable and suspected cases reported by 29 July 2015.
AC Chua, Anne Cori, Christl A. Donnelly, Christophe Fraser, Gemma Nedjati-Gilani, Harriet L. Mills, I Pathmanathan, Ilaria Dorigatti, Isobel M. Blake, J-C Manuguerra, JS Towner, M Saijo, Maria D. Van Kerkhove, MI Meltzer, MJ Broadhurst, N Bhadelia, Neil M. Ferguson, Pierre Nouvellet, R Zachariah, SA Obelis, Steven Riley, T Strecker, Thibaut Jombart, Tini Garske, Wes Hinsley   +24 more
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Laboratory evaluation of the Chembio Dual Path Platform HIV-Syphilis Assay

African Journal of Laboratory Medicine, 2016
Background: Use of rapid diagnostic tests for HIV and syphilis has increased remarkably in the last decade. As new rapid diagnostic tests become available, there is a continuous need to assess their performance and operational characteristics prior to ...
Mireille B. Kalou, Arnold Castro, Amy Watson, Heather Jost, Stacy Clay, Ye Tun, Cheng Chen, Kevin Karem, John N. Nkengasong, Ronald Ballard, Bharat Parekh   +10 more
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The prevalence of positive rapid diagnostic test of hepatitis C virus infection in Ghana

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2020
INTRODUCTION: HCV infection is one of the most common viral hepatitis in Africa. Rapid diagnostic test (RDT) is a useful tool to identify antibody anti-HCV in point of care.
Masood Maleki Birjandi, Mahbobeh Oroei
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Canine Trypanosoma cruzi infection in the Bolivian Chaco [PDF]

, 2018
A cross-sectional study on Trypanosoma cruzi was carried out in 2013 to evaluate the role of dogs as possible source of infection for humans in two rural communities of the highly endemic Bolivian Chaco (Bartolo, Chuquisaca Department, n = 57 dogs; and ...
Bartoloni, Alessandro, Cancrini, Gabriella, Gabrielli, Simona, Gamboa, Herlan, Macchioni, Fabio, Rojas, Patricia, Rojo, David, Roselli, Mimmo, Spinicci, Michele, Totino, Valentina   +9 more
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Tuberculosis diagnostics and biomarkers: needs, challenges, recent advances, and opportunities [PDF]

, 2012
Tuberculosis is unique among the major infectious diseases in that it lacks accurate rapid point-of-care diagnostic tests. Failure to control the spread of tuberculosis is largely due to our inability to detect and treat all infectious cases of pulmonary
Alexandre Harari, Alimuddin Zumla, Armand, Axelsson-Robertson, Banada, Ben Marais, Betsou, Blakemore, Boehme, Boehme, Cattamanchi, Chow, Cuevas, Cuevas, Cuevas, Cuevas, Diel, Dowdy, Dye, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Ferrara, Giovanni-Batista Migliori, Giuseppe Pantaleo, Green, Harari, Helb, Helen Cox, Hillemann, Hohn, Ibrahim Abubakar, Jeremiah Chakaya, John, Justin O’Grady, Karin Weyer, Keeler, Kemp, Kunnath-Velayudhan, Lawn, Lawn, Lawn, Lawn, Lawn, Lemaire, Lin, Ling, Liu, Long, Lucica Ditui, Lynn Zijenah, Mann, Marais, Marais, Marais, Marais, Marco Schito, Markus Maeurer, Marlowe, Martin P. Grobusch, Martina Casenghi, Matthew Bates, McNerney, Michael Hoelscher, Michel Pletschette, Minion, Moore, Morris, Mwaba, Nathan Ford, Nathanson, National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, Nicol, Nicol, Oberhelman, O’Grady, Peter, Peter Mwaba, Peter S. Kim, Rifat Atun, Rose, Ruth McNerney, S. Bertel Squire, Samana Schwank, Sester, Shah, Soumya Swaminathan, Squire, Squire, Steingart, Steingart, Steingart, Steve Lawn, Storla, Temple, Theron, Timothy D. Mchugh, Treatment Action Group, Tully, Vadwai, Van Rie, van Wyk, Wallis, Walzl, Weyer, Wilson, World Health Organization, World Health Organization, World Health Organization, World Health Organization, World Health Organization, World Health Organization, World Health Organization, World Health Organization, World Health Organization, Wright, Wright, Zar, Ziad Memish, Zumla, Zumla   +118 more
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Clearance dynamics of lactate dehydrogenase and aldolase following antimalarial treatment for Plasmodium falciparum infection

Parasites & Vectors, 2019
Background Lingering post-treatment parasite antigen in blood complicates malaria diagnosis through antigen detection. Characterization of antigen clearance dynamics is important for interpretation of positive antigen detection tests.
Mateusz M. Plucinski, Peter D. McElroy, Pedro Rafael Dimbu, Filomeno Fortes, Doug Nace, Eric S. Halsey, Eric Rogier   +6 more
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"Even if the test result is negative, they should be able to tell us what is wrong with us": a qualitative study of patient expectations of rapid diagnostic tests for malaria. [PDF]

, 2013
BACKGROUND: The debate on rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) for malaria has begun to shift from whether RDTs should be used, to how and under what circumstances their use can be optimized.
AL Greer, C Asiimwe, C Chandler, C Chandler, C Drakeley, Christopher JM Whitty, CIR Chandler, Clare IR Chandler, D Kyabayinze, D Maslove, D Mukanga, D Mukanga, DH Hamer, E Hsu, EK Ansah, Evelyn K Ansah, F Baiden, H Reyburn, H Williams, I Masanja, IA Agyepong, J Chinkhumba, J Kizito, J Skarbinski, Joanna Reynolds, KA Elmardi, M-J DelVecchio Good, MI Masanja, MJ Barger-Lux, N Howteerakul, O Sabot, RS Wijesinghe, S Moon, S Timmermans, Samson Akanpigbiam, U Ssekabira, V D’Acremont, World Health Organization, World Health Organization, Y Lubell, Z Bisoffi   +40 more
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