[HTML][HTML] Diagnostic performance and comparison of ultrasensitive and conventional rapid diagnostic test, thick blood smear and quantitative PCR for detection of low …

M Mpina, TC Stabler, T Schindler, J Raso, A Deal… - Malaria Journal, 2022 - Springer
… the usefulness of RDTs particularly in low to moderate transmission areas, in pre-… transmission
setting (44%), and fivefold lower than that reported in samples from a high transmission

[HTML][HTML] Performance of rapid diagnostic test, blood-film microscopy and PCR for the diagnosis of malaria infection among febrile children from Korogwe District …

C Mahende, B Ngasala, J Lusingu, TS Yong, P Lushino… - Malaria journal, 2016 - Springer
HRP-2 malaria RDT and microscopy were less sensitive than PCR. Diagnostic tools with high
sensitivity are required in areas of low malaria transmission… of HRP-2-based malaria RDT

[HTML][HTML] False positivity of non-targeted infections in malaria rapid diagnostic tests: the case of human african trypanosomiasis

P Gillet, D Mumba Ngoyi, A Lukuka… - PLoS neglected …, 2013 - journals.plos.org
… Malaria transmission in most parts of DR Congo, including in … Specificity of HRP-2 test lines
in seven malaria RDT products … Further, to assess the influence of the persistence of HRP-2, …

Use of a Dual-Antigen Rapid Diagnostic Test to Screen Children for Severe Plasmodium falciparum Malaria in a High-Transmission, Resource-Limited Setting

R Boyce, R Reyes, M Matte, M Ntaro… - Clinical Infectious …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
… dehydrogenase [HRP2/pLDH]) rapid diagnostic test (RDT) to … HRP2 or HRP2/pLDH RDT.
We estimated the test characteristics of a dual-antigen (HRP2+/pLDH+) band positive RDT

An update on malaria rapid diagnostic tests

AN Mukkala, J Kwan, R Lau, D Harris, D Kain… - Current infectious …, 2018 - Springer
… by protozoans of the Plasmodium genus and transmitted by the female Anopheles mosquito.
RDT reactions occur largely due to heterogeneity in or deletion of the HRP2 gene; HRP2

[HTML][HTML] Use of rapid detection tests to prevent transfusion-transmitted malaria in India

S Bahadur, M Pujani, M Jain - Asian journal of transfusion science, 2010 - journals.lww.com
… As we all are aware, transfusion-transmitted malaria is emerging as a major problem …
of HRP2 RDTs for P. falciparum malaria in a hyperendemic region of Uganda Malar J. 2008;7:221 …

Diagnostic performance of conventional and ultrasensitive rapid diagnostic tests for malaria in febrile outpatients in Tanzania

NE Hofmann, C Antunes Moniz… - The Journal of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
… density or an HRP2 concentration in the range where use of us-RDT would confer a … In
the high-transmission setting of Uganda, high levels of HRP2 in asymptomatic individuals …

[HTML][HTML] Diagnostic performance of ultrasensitive rapid diagnostic test for the detection of Plasmodium falciparum infections in asymptomatic individuals in Kisangani …

M Lupaka, T Degefa, K Eba, A Zeynudin, D Yewhalaw - Malaria Journal, 2023 - Springer
RDT results [55,56,57], although the magnitude of the HRP2/… or HRP2 antigens could
contribute to the false negative RDT … in an area with intense malaria transmission where the …

PfHRP2-PfHRP3 diversity among Kenyan isolates and comparative evaluation of PfHRP2/pLDH malaria RDT with microscopy and nested PCR methodologies

D Nderu, F Kimani, K Thiong'o, M Akinyi… - Parasitology …, 2018 - Elsevier
… Although transmission in this region is predominantly by … Malaria HRP2/pLDH(Pf) test or
any other PfHRP2-based RDT to … CareStart™ Malaria HRP2/pLDH(Pf) RDT did not improve its …

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

TA Abeku, M Kristan, C Jones, J Beard, DH Mueller… - Malaria journal, 2008 - Springer
… One of the major implications of the findings of the present study is that cost-effectiveness
of HRP2-based RDTs is greatly influenced by variations in their sensitivity and specificity …