Background Parasitic diseases are one of the world's most devastating and prevalent
infections, causing millions of morbidities and mortalities annually. In the past, many of these …

Background In settings where both Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum infection
cause malaria, rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) need to distinguish which species is causing …

Background Plasmodium falciparum encoded histidine rich protein (HRP2) based malaria
rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) are used in India. Deletion of pfhrp2 and pfhrp3 genes …

Methods: States and districts were classified into three categories based on proportions of
Scheduled Tribes (ST) population as< 10, 10-29.9 and 30 per cent+ ST population. Five …

Background With the documentation of cases of falciparum malaria negative by rapid
diagnostic tests (RDT), though at low frequency from natural isolates in a small pocket of …

Background Malaria continues to be a major burden in the endemic regions of Kenya.
Health outcomes associated with case management are dependent on the use of …

In 8 malaria-endemic states in India, mixed Plasmodium spp. infections were detected by
PCR in 17.4%(265/1,521) of blood samples that microscopy had shown to contain only P …

This cross-sectional study aimed to assess the performances of a rapid diagnostic test (RDT)—
the AllTest Malaria pf/pv, microscopy, and nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for …

Background Plasmodium vivax (P vivax) is a focus of malaria elimination. It is important
because P vivax and Plasmodium falciparum infection are co‐endemic in some areas …

Malaria remains the biggest threat to public health, especially among pregnant women and
young children in sub-Saharan Africa. Prompt and accurate diagnosis is critical for effective …