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Clinical overlap between malaria and pneumonia: can malaria rapid diagnostic test play a role?

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2011
Introduction: Malaria and pneumonia account for 40% of mortality among children under five years of age in sub-Saharan Africa. Due to lack of diagnostic facilities, their management is based on the integrated management of childhood illnesses (IMCI ...
Kingsley Nnanna Ukwaja, Olufemi B Aina, Ademola A Talabi   +2 more
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Performance of rapid influenza H1N1 diagnostic tests: a meta-analysis: Accuracy of rapid H1N1 diagnostic tests [PDF]

, 2012
Following the outbreaks of 2009 pandemic H1N1 infection, rapid influenza diagnostic tests have been used to detect H1N1 infection. However, no meta-analysis has been undertaken to assess the diagnostic accuracy when this manuscript was ...
Chu, Haitao, Hudgens, Michael, Kuan, Pei F., Lofgren, Eric T., Halloran, M. Elizabeth, Cole, Stephen R.   +5 more
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Diagnosis of malaria among children in Sokoto: A comparison of microscopy and Rapid Diagnostic Tests

UMYU Journal of Microbiology Research
Malaria is a life-threatening disease primarily found in tropical countries, and it is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality among children. Diagnosis of malaria depends largely on clinical presentations and laboratory diagnosis.
M U Kalgo, B O P Musa, H I Inabo, Laila Hassan   +3 more
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Rapid diagnostic tests for influenza

, 2019
Rapid diagnostic tests, or point-of-care tests, generally refer to simple tests that can either be carried out at the bedside or in a non-specialized local facility without the need to transport the sample to a modern laboratory for testing.
Barr, Ian, Hurt, Aeron
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Accuracy of rapid tests for malaria and treatment outcomes for malaria and non-malaria cases among under-five children in rural Ghana. [PDF]

, 2012
BACKGROUND: WHO now recommends test-based management of malaria across all transmission settings. The accuracy of rapid diagnostic test (RDT) and the outcome of treatment based on the result of tests will influence acceptability of and adherence to the ...
Tivura, Mathilda, Karikari Akosua B., Daniel Chandramohan, Frank Baiden (170995), Webster, Jayne, Owusu-Agyei, Seth, Seeba Amenga-Etego, Baiden Frank, Daniel Chandramohan (45475), Berko Yvonne, Karikari, Akosua B, Akosua B. Karikari (171023), Tivura Mathilda, Mathilda Tivura, Rupert Delimini, Seth Owusu-Agyei (80063), Amenga-Etego, Seeba, Chandramohan Daniel, Seeba Amenga-Etego (171010), Frank Baiden, Akosua B Karikari, Jane Bruce, Yvonne Berko (171007), Rupert Delimini (171002), Baiden, Frank, Seth Owusu-Agyei, Akua Agyeman-Budu (171016), Owusu-Agyei Seth, Agyeman-Budu, Akua, Delimini Rupert, Jayne Webster (170997), Mathilda Tivura (170998), Chandramohan, Daniel, Amenga-Etego Seeba, Jayne Webster, Jane Bruce (171033), Yvonne Berko, Akua Agyeman-Budu, Webster Jayne, Agyeman-Budu Akua, Berko, Yvonne, Bruce Jane, Delimini, Rupert, Bruce, Jane   +43 more
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Safety of falciparum malaria diagnostic strategy based on rapid diagnostic tests in returning travellers and migrants: a retrospective study

Malaria Journal, 2012
Background Rapid diagnostic tests for malaria (RDTs) allow accurate diagnosis and prompt treatment. Validation of their usefulness in travellers with fever was needed.
Rossi Isabelle, D’Acremont Valérie, Prod’Hom Guy, Genton Blaise   +3 more
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Field accuracy of HIV rapid diagnostic tests for blood donors screening, Bukavu, Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2018
Introduction: Rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) are widely used for point-of-care. point-of-care diagnosis of HIV infection in resource-limited settings. However, there are no data about their field diagnostic performance in Eastern Democratic Republic of ...
Théophile Mitima Kashosi, Céléstin Bisangamo Kyambikwa, Philémon Mbarabara Mulongo, Jean Bisimwa Nachega   +3 more
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Performance of antigen-detection rapid diagnostic tests for COVID-19.

, 2022
Performance of antigen-detection rapid diagnostic tests for COVID-19.
Ana Rabello (112015), Mariana Lourenço Freire (6996530), Juliana Wilke Saliba (12883745), Daniel Moreira Avelar (10458255), Gláucia Cota (4679719), Carolina Senra de Souza (12883742), Gláucia Queiroz Andrade (12883754), Lindicy Leidicy Alves (12883739), Verônica Faria (12883748), Mariana Junqueira Pedras (5703689), Nara de Oliveira Carvalho (12883751)   +10 more
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Evaluating the cost-effectiveness of artemisinin-based combination antimalarial drugs and malaria rapid diagnostic tests within the context of effective vector control : case study of Southern Africa [PDF]

, 2006
Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-265)This study seeks to use the techniques of cost-effectiveness analysis to evaluate, within the context of effective vector control, the change to artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs) as first ...
Zikusooka, Charlotte Muheki
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TRENDS IN USE OF RAPID DIAGNOSTIC TESTS

Trakia Journal of Sciences
INTRODUCTION: Laboratory diagnostics worldwide is changing daily. Digitizing it by introducing sensors and new rapid diagnostic tests plays an important role in protecting public health.
E.Georgieva, N. Ermenlieva, S. Stamova, K. Varlyakov, P. Teneva   +4 more
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