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Rapid influenza H1N1 diagnostic test: its diagnostic property [PDF]

Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses, 2011
To the editor: The report on assessment of diagnostic properties of rapid influenza H1N1 diagnostic test demonstrated an interesting finding that ‘Rapid tests have high specificity but low sensitivity and thus limited usefulness’. 1 The meta‐analysis in this work might have some problems.
Wiwanitkit, Somsri, Wiwanitkit, Viroj
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Increased use of malaria rapid diagnostic tests improves targeting of anti-malarial treatment in rural Tanzania: implications for nationwide rollout of malaria rapid diagnostic tests. [PDF]

, 2012
: BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization recommends parasitological confirmation of all malaria cases. Tanzania is implementing a phased rollout of malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) for routine use in all levels of care as one strategy to increase
Baraka Amuri, CIR Chandler, D Bell, D Payne, D Zurovac, Dan Kajungu, DS Ishengoma, HA Williams, IM Masanja, Irene M Masanja, J Faucher, Jacek Skarbinski, L Gilson, LJ Manham, Majige Selemani, Rashid Khatib, S Patrick Kachur, SA Harvey, TJ O’Dempsey, United Republic of Tanzania. Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, V D’Acremont, W Rennie, World Health Organization   +22 more
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Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Tests [PDF]

Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2012
Global efforts to control malaria are more complex than those for other infectious diseases, in part because of vector transmission, the complex clinical presentation of Plasmodium infections, >1 Plasmodium species causing infection, geographic distribution of vectors and infection, and drug resistance.
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Diagnostic accuracy of tests to detect Hepatitis C antibody: a meta-analysis and review of the literature

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2017
Background Although direct-acting antivirals can achieve sustained virological response rates greater than 90% in Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) infected persons, at present the majority of HCV-infected individuals remain undiagnosed and therefore untreated ...
Weiming Tang, Wen Chen, Ali Amini, Debi Boeras, Jane Falconer, Helen Kelly, Rosanna Peeling, Olivia Varsaneux, Joseph D. Tucker, Philippa Easterbrook   +9 more
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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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Clinical Performance of an Automated Reader in Interpreting Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Tests in Tanzania. [PDF]

, 2013
Parasitological confirmation of malaria is now recommended in all febrile patients by the World Health Organization (WHO) to reduce inappropriate use of anti-malarial drugs.
Ali Mohammed, Caroline Mavere, D Bell, D Njama-Meya, D-S Lee, DN Durrheim, E Nicastri, G Mtove, J Kahama-Maro, KM Learmonth, Marcela Cancino, MI Masanja, ML McMorrow, ML McMorrow, Omar Juma, P Mukadi, P Mukadi, RE Coleman, SA Harvey, Salim Abdulla, Santiago Ferro, Seif Shekalaghe, SP Kachur, V D’Acremont, V D’Acremont, W Rennie, World Health Organization, World Health Organization, World Health Organization, World Health Organization, World Health Organization, YA Afrane, YH Chiu   +32 more
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Early detection of dengue through rapid diagnostic testing at airport quarantine: a case study from the Republic of Korea (2022–2024) [PDF]

Osong Public Health and Research Perspectives
Objectives This study evaluated the effectiveness of rapid diagnostic testing (RDT) for the early detection of imported dengue cases at Gimhae International Airport in the Republic of Korea, and analyzed patient characteristics and response processes ...
Kee Hun Do, Jae Wook Oh
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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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State of malaria diagnostic testing at clinical laboratories in the United States, 2010: a nationwide survey

Malaria Journal, 2011
Background The diagnosis of malaria can be difficult in non-endemic areas, such as the United States, and delays in diagnosis and errors in treatment occur too often. Methods A nationwide survey of laboratories in the United States and its nine dependent
Abanyie Francisca A, Arguin Paul M, Gutman Julie   +2 more
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Diagnostic accuracy of tests to detect hepatitis B surface antigen: a systematic review of the literature and meta-analysis

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2017
Background Chronic Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) infection is characterised by the persistence of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg). Expanding HBV diagnosis and treatment programmes into low resource settings will require high quality but inexpensive rapid ...
Ali Amini, Olivia Varsaneux, Helen Kelly, Weiming Tang, Wen Chen, Debrah I. Boeras, Jane Falconer, Joseph D. Tucker, Roger Chou, Azumi Ishizaki, Philippa Easterbrook, Rosanna W. Peeling   +11 more
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