False-negative malaria rapid diagnostic test results and their impact on community-based malaria surveys in sub-Saharan Africa

Surveillance and diagnosis of Plasmodium falciparum malaria relies predominantly on rapid diagnostic tests (RDT). However, false-negative (FN) RDT results are known to occur for a variety of reasons, including operator error, poor storage conditions, pfhrp2/3 gene deletions, poor performance of spec...

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Published in:	BMJ Global Health
Main Authors:	Jonathan B Parr, Oliver J Watson, Kelsey Marie Sumner, Mark Janko, Peter Winskill, Hannah C Slater, Azra Ghani, Steven R Meshnick
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMJ Publishing Group 2019-08-01
Online Access:	https://gh.bmj.com/content/4/4/e001582.full