The ParaSight-F test: a simple rapid manual dipstick test to detect Plasmodium falciparum infection |
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| Authors: | Shiff C J Minjas J Premji Z |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, 615 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA. |
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| Abstract: | A rapid diagnostic for Plasmodium falciparum based on an antigen capture has been incorporated in a simple, easily interpreted dipstick by Becton Dickinson Advanced Diagnostics. In this article Clive Shiff, Japhet Minjas and Zul Premji discuss its evaluation in rural Tanzania and the implications of such a test in handling malaria cases under field conditions. |
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