Rapid Diagnostic Testing for Plasmodium vivax and Nonfalciparum Malaria in Endemic Areas

Takwoingi, Yemesi, Abba, Katharine and Garner, Paul ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0607-6941 (2015) 'Rapid Diagnostic Testing for Plasmodium vivax and Nonfalciparum Malaria in Endemic Areas'. The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), Vol 314, Issue 10, pp. 1065-1066.

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Abstract

Clinical Question

How sensitive and specific are rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) for diagnosing Plasmodium vivax and nonfalciparum malaria in endemic areas?

Bottom Line

Vivax-specific RDTs were highly sensitive and specific when compared with microscopy (the gold standard) for detecting P vivax malaria. RDTs that can only distinguish Plasmodium falciparum from nonfalciparum malaria were less sensitive.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	QX Parasitology > Protozoa > QX 135 Plasmodia WA Public Health > Preventive Medicine > WA 110 Prevention and control of communicable diseases. Transmission of infectious diseases WA Public Health > Preventive Medicine > WA 243 Diagnositic services WC Communicable Diseases > Tropical and Parasitic Diseases > WC 750 Malaria
Faculty: Department:	Clinical Sciences & International Health > Clinical Sciences Department
Digital Object Identifer (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2015.6719
Depositing User:	Christianne Esparza
Date Deposited:	17 Sep 2015 08:31
Last Modified:	17 Aug 2022 08:57
URI:	https://archive.lstmed.ac.uk/id/eprint/5314

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