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Determinants of the accuracy of rapid diagnostic tests in malaria case management: evidence from low and moderate transmission settings in the East African highlands. [PDF]

, 2008
BACKGROUND: The accuracy of malaria diagnosis has received renewed interest in recent years due to changes in treatment policies in favour of relatively high-cost artemisinin-based combination therapies.
Kristan, Mojca, Cox, Jonathan, Michael Okia, Jones Caroline, James Beard, Beard, James, Okia Michael, Caroline Jones, Jones, Caroline, Greenwood, Brian, Brian Greenwood, Rapuoda, Beth, Abeku Tarekegn A, Kristan Mojca, Cox Jonathan, Mojca Kristan, Mueller Dirk H, Dirk H Mueller, Greenwood Brian, Beth Rapuoda, Mueller, Dirk H, Tarekegn A Abeku, Rapuoda Beth, Jonathan Cox, Abeku, Tarekegn A, Okia, Michael, Beard James   +26 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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Operational accuracy and comparative persistent antigenicity of HRP2 rapid diagnostic tests for Plasmodium falciparum malaria in a hyperendemic region of Uganda. [PDF]

, 2008
BACKGROUND: Parasite-based diagnosis of malaria by microscopy requires laboratory skills that are generally unavailable at peripheral health facilities.
John B Rwakimari, Odong, George W, Counihan, Helen, Kyabayinze Daniel J, Tibenderana, James K, Odong George W, Rwakimari, John B, Rwakimari John B, George W Odong, Daniel J Kyabayinze, Kyabayinze, Daniel J, Counihan Helen, James K Tibenderana, Helen Counihan, Tibenderana James K   +14 more
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Wrong Sample Dispensing May Cause False Positive Malaria Test [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2015
Both false positive (FP) and false negative are known limitations of any diagnostic test. Malaria parasite (MP) rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) may give FP results due to interference by substance in blood sample.
Naveen Agnihotri, Ajju Agnihotri
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Using rapid diagnostic tests as source of malaria parasite DNA for molecular analyses in the era of declining malaria prevalence. [PDF]

, 2011
BACKGROUND: Malaria prevalence has recently declined markedly in many parts of Tanzania and other sub-Saharan African countries due to scaling-up of control interventions including more efficient treatment regimens (e.g.
Bygbjerg Ib C, Martha M Lemnge, Lemnge Martha M, Persson, Ola, Madebe, Rashid A, Deus S Ishengoma, Ola Persson, Ishengoma Deus S, Ishengoma, Deus S, Lemnge, Martha M, Persson Ola, Nyagonde Nyagonde, Lwitiho Sudi, Vestergaard Lasse S, Lasse S Vestergaard, Alifrangis Michael, Sudi Lwitiho, Madebe Rashid A, Ib C Bygbjerg, Nyagonde, Nyagonde, Vestergaard, Lasse S, Lwitiho, Sudi, Michael Alifrangis, Rashid A Madebe, Alifrangis, Michael, Bygbjerg, Ib C   +25 more
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PSYNDEX Tests Review für JDS - JOB DIAGNOSTIC SURVEY - DEUTSCHE FASSUNG

, 1988
This is a PSYNDEX Tests Review of JDS - JOB DIAGNOSTIC SURVEY - DEUTSCHE FASSUNG. PSYNDEX Tests Reviews are written in German and describe and evaluate psychological and educational tests used in the German-speaking countries. PSYNDEX Tests is offered by
Eberwein, Manfred
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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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PSYNDEX Tests Review für MPD - MINNESOTA PERCEPTO-DIAGNOSTIC TEST

, 1988
This is a PSYNDEX Tests Review of MPD - MINNESOTA PERCEPTO-DIAGNOSTIC TEST. PSYNDEX Tests Reviews are written in German and describe and evaluate psychological and educational tests used in the German-speaking countries.
Boettger, Stefanie
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Abandoning presumptive antimalarial treatment for febrile children aged less than five years--a case of running before we can walk? [PDF]

, 2009
Current guidelines recommend that all fever episodes in African children be treated presumptively with antimalarial drugs. But declining malarial transmission in parts of sub-Saharan Africa, declining proportions of fevers due to malaria, and the ...
Catherine Goodman, Goodman Catherine, Robert W Snow, Reyburn, H, Hugh Reyburn, Snow Robert W, Reyburn Hugh, Snow, Robert, Reyburn, Hugh, Goodman, Catherine, Mike English, Goodman, C, English, M, English, Mike, Snow, Robert W, English Mike   +15 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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