The absolute necessity for rational therapy in the face of rampant drug resistance places
increasing importance on the accuracy of malaria diagnosis. Giemsa microscopy and rapid …

Background Rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) for Plasmodium falciparum malaria use
antibodies to detect either HRP‐2 antigen or pLDH antigen, and can improve access to …

Background Malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) offer significant potential to improve the
diagnosis of malaria, and are playing an increasing role in malaria case management …

The replacement of conventional antimalarial drugs with high-cost, artemisinin-based
alternatives has created a gap in the successful management of malaria. This gap reflects …

Malaria infection is still to be considered a major public health problem in those 106
countries where the risk of contracting the infection with one or more of the Plasmodium …

Rising costs of antimalarial agents are increasing the demand for accurate diagnosis of
malaria. Rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) offer great potential to improve the diagnosis of …

Plasmodium vivax infects 130–435 million of the 2.6 billion people living at risk of infection.
Recent studies suggest that vivax malaria can become lethal in a similar way to severe …

White blood cells (WBCs) were counted in 4697 individuals who presented to outpatient
malaria clinics in Maesod, Tak Province, Thailand, and Iquitos, Peru, between 28 May and …

The ability to accurately diagnose malaria infections, particularly in settings where laboratory
facilities are not well developed, is of key importance in the control of this disease. Rapid …

Malaria has been responsible for the highest mortality in most malaria endemic countries.
Even after decades of malaria control campaigns, it still persists as a disease of high …