Analysis of nucleic acids extracted from rapid diagnostic tests reveals a significant proportion of false positive test results associated with recent malaria treatment

Autor: Tobias Schindler, Maximillian Mpina, Jean-Pierre Dangy, C. A. Yoboue, Marcel Tanner, Wonder P. Phiri, Olivier Tresor Donfack, Carlos A. Guerra, Elizabeth Nyakurungu, Koranan Blöchliger, Mitoha Ondo’o Ayekaba, Salome Hosch, Guillermo A. García, Claudia Daubenberger, Etienne A. Guirou

Publikováno v: Malaria Journal, Vol 21, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2022)
Malaria Journal

Background: Surveillance programs often use malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) to determine the proportion of the population carrying parasites in their peripheral blood to assess the malaria transmission intensity. Despite an increasing number of

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Analysis of nucleic acids extracted from rapid diagnostic tests reveals a significant proportion of false positive test results associated with recent malaria treatment.

Autor: Hosch, Salome^1,2 (AUTHOR), Yoboue, Charlene Aya^1,2,3 (AUTHOR), Donfack, Olivier Tresor⁴ (AUTHOR), Guirou, Etienne A.^1,2 (AUTHOR), Dangy, Jean-Pierre^1,2 (AUTHOR), Mpina, Maxmillian^1,5,6 (AUTHOR), Nyakurungu, Elizabeth^5,6 (AUTHOR), Blöchliger, Koranan^1,2 (AUTHOR), Guerra, Carlos A.⁴ (AUTHOR), Phiri, Wonder P.⁴ (AUTHOR), Ayekaba, Mitoha Ondo'o⁷ (AUTHOR), García, Guillermo A.⁴ (AUTHOR), Tanner, Marcel^1,2 (AUTHOR), Daubenberger, Claudia^1,2 (AUTHOR) claudia.daubenberger@swisstph.ch, Schindler, Tobias^1,2,6 (AUTHOR) tobias.schindler@swisstph.ch

Publikováno v: Malaria Journal. 1/24/2022, Vol. 21 Issue 1, p1-12. 12p.