ABSTRACT Introduction: A novel Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-
CoV-2) was reported via nucleic acid identification in December, 2019. Accuracy of SARS …

Abstract Background Rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) are increasingly becoming a paradigm
for both clinical diagnosis of malaria infections and for estimating community parasite …

Rapid, low-cost, species-specific diagnosis, based upon DNA testing, is becoming important
in the treatment of patients with infectious diseases. Here, we demonstrate an innovation …

The diagnosis of infectious diseases is entering a new and interesting phase. Technologies
based on paper microfluidics, coupled to developments in isothermal amplification of …

Abstract Background Adults infected with Plasmodium spp. in endemic areas need to be re-
evaluated in light of global malaria elimination goals. They potentially undermine malaria …

World Health Organization's aim to eliminate malaria from developing/resource-limited
economies requires easy access to low-cost, highly sensitive, and specific screening. We …

Background Malaria continues to affect over 200 million individuals every year, especially
children in Africa. Rapid and sensitive detection and identification of Plasmodium parasites …

Background Asymptomatic malaria infections largely remain undetected and act as a
reservoir for continuous transmission. The study assessed the prevalence of submicroscopic …

Background High prevalence of malaria and hepatitis B has been reported among pregnant
women in Ghana. In endemic areas, the diagnoses of malaria and hepatitis B among …

Background Malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) can produce false positive (FP) results in
patients with human African trypanosomiasis and rheumatoid factor (RF), but specificity …