Performance of a sensitive haemozoin‐based malaria diagnostic test validated for vivax malaria diagnosis in Brazilian Amazon

Performance of a sensitive haemozoin‐based malaria diagnostic test validated for vivax malaria diagnosis in Brazilian Amazon

Abstract Background Vivax malaria diagnosis remains a challenge in malaria elimination, with current point of care rapid diagnostic tests (RDT) missing many clinically significant infections because of usually lower peripheral parasitaemia. Haemozoin-detecting assays have been suggested as an altern...

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Main Authors: Gisely Cardoso de Melo, Rebeca Linhares Abreu Netto, Victor Irungu Mwangi, Yanka Evellyn Alves Rodrigues Salazar, Vanderson de Souza Sampaio, Wuelton Marcelo Monteiro, Fernando Fonseca de Almeida e Val, Anne Rocheleau, Priyaleela Thota, Marcus Vinícius Guimarães Lacerda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-03-01
Series:Malaria Journal
Subjects:
Malaria
Plasmodium vivax
Diagnostic test
Haemozoin
Magnetic-optical detection
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-021-03688-0

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-021-03688-0

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