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Expanding Access to Malaria Diagnosis through Retail Shops in Western Kenya: What Do Shop Workers Think? [PDF]

, 2013
Background. The common symptoms of malaria reduce the specificity of clinical diagnosis. Presumptive treatment is conventional but can lead to overdiagnosis of malaria, delay of appropriate treatment, overprescription of antimalarials, and drug ...
Goodman, Catherine, Koech, Beatrice, Naanyu, Violet, O'Meara, Wendy Prudhomme, Obala, Andrew, Rusk, Andria   +5 more
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Immunochromatographic diagnostic test analysis using Google Glass. [PDF]

, 2014
We demonstrate a Google Glass-based rapid diagnostic test (RDT) reader platform capable of qualitative and quantitative measurements of various lateral flow immunochromatographic assays and similar biomedical diagnostics tests.
Caire, Romain, Cortazar, Bingen, Feng, Steve, Ozcan, Aydogan, Turan, Mehmet, Wong, Andrew   +5 more
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Practice of antimalarial prescription to patients with negative rapid test results and associated factors among health workers in Oyo State, Nigeria

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2018
INTRODUCTION: Contrary to World Health Organizations recommendations, health workers (HWs) still prescribe antimalarials to malaria rapid diagnostic test (mRDT)-negative patients, thus increasing overuse and the risk of parasite resistance to the ...
Akinfemi Oyewumi Akinyode, IkeOluwapo OyeneyeAjayi, Muhammed Sani Ibrahim, Joshua Odunayo Akinyemi, Olufemi Olamide Ajumobi   +4 more
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Diagnostic Performance of Six Rapid Antigen Tests for SARS-CoV-2

Microbiology Spectrum, 2022
Microbiological diagnosis of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has been a challenge. Although real-time reverse transcription PCR (RT-PCR) represents the gold standard method, strategies that allow rapid and simple diagnosis ...
Jessica Navero-Castillejos, Climent Casals-Pascual, Sofía Narváez, Genoveva Cuesta, Juan Carlos Hurtado, Mariana Fernandez, Mireia Navarro, Aida Peiró-Mestres, Ma Victoria Lasheras, Patricia Rodriguez, Andrea Pulgarín, Ma Ángeles Marcos, Jordi Vila, Miguel Julián Martínez   +13 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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Laboratory evaluation of four HIV/syphilis rapid diagnostic tests

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2019
Background Sexually transmitted infections, such as HIV and syphilis, are one of the major health care problems worldwide, especially in low- and middle income countries. HIV screening programmes have been widely used for many years.
Annelies Van Den Heuvel, Hilde Smet, Irena Prat, Anita Sands, Willy Urassa, Katrien Fransen, Tania Crucitti   +6 more
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Serologic response to SARS-CoV-2 in an African population

Scientific African, 2021
Official case counts suggest Africa has not seen the expected burden of COVID-19 as predicted by international health agencies, and the proportion of asymptomatic patients, disease severity, and mortality burden differ significantly in Africa from what ...
Karl Njuwa Fai, Tchoula Mamiafo Corine, Lisa M. Bebell, Akenji Blaise Mboringong, E.B.P. Taa Nguimbis, Robert Nsaibirni, Nicole Fouda Mbarga, Lucrece Eteki, Birgit Nikolay, Rene Ghislain Essomba, Mark Ndifon, Rodrigue Ntone, Achta Hamadou, Lucrece Matchim, Dora Tchiasso, Aristide S. Abah Abah, Rachel Essaka, Solange Peppa, Fouda Crescence, Jean Patrick Ouamba, Modeste Tamakloé Koku, Nadia Mandeng, Mahamat Fanne, Sarah Eyangoh, Georges Alain Etoundi Mballa, Linda Esso, Emilienne Epée, Richard Njouom, Marie-Claire Okomo Assoumou, Yap Boum   +29 more
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Rapid diagnostic tests for molecular surveillance of Plasmodium falciparum malaria -assessment of DNA extraction methods and field applicability [PDF]

, 2013
Background: The need for new malaria surveillance tools and strategies is critical, given improved global malaria control and regional elimination efforts.
Abdullah S Ali, Anders Björkman, Andreas Mårtensson, Berit Aydin-Schmidt, Delér Shakely, DS Ishengoma, E Kamau, G Froberg, G Holmgren, G Snounou, J Hwang, José P Gil, L Cnops, LC Okell, Louise Jörnhagen, Max Petzold, MI Veiga, Mwinyi I Msellem, N Steenkeste, Pedro E Ferreira, RN Price, S Bereczky, S Dahlstrom, SA Greenspoon, SE Shokoples, Ulrika Morris, V Veron   +26 more
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Challenges of rapid reviews for diagnostic test accuracy questions: a protocol for an international survey and expert consultation

Diagnostic and Prognostic Research, 2019
Background Assessment of diagnostic tests, broadly defined as any element that aids in the collection of additional information for further clarification of a patient’s health status, has increasingly become a critical issue in health policy and decision-
Ingrid Arevalo-Rodriguez, Andrea C. Tricco, Karen R. Steingart, Barbara Nussbaumer-Streit, David Kaunelis, Pablo Alonso-Coello, Susan Baxter, Patrick M. Bossuyt, Javier Zamora   +8 more
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Reliability of HIV rapid diagnostic tests for self-testing compared with testing by health-care workers: a systematic review and meta-analysis. [PDF]

, 2018
BACKGROUND: The ability of individuals to use HIV self-tests correctly is debated. To inform the 2016 WHO recommendation on HIV self-testing, we assessed the reliability and performance of HIV rapid diagnostic tests when used by self-testers. METHODS: In
Baggaley, Rachel, Dalal, Shona, Figueroa, Carmen, Ford, Nathan, Hatzold, Karin, Johnson, Cheryl, Meurant, Robyn, Prat, Irena, Sands, Anita, Urassa, Willy   +9 more
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