Prevalence of PCR detectable malaria infection among febrile patients with a negative Plasmodium falciparum specific rapid diagnostic test in Zanzibar.
Prevalence of PCR detectable malaria infection among febrile patients with a negative Plasmodium falciparum specific rapid diagnostic test in Zanzibar.
K. Baltzell,D. Shakely,10 Authors,B. Greenhouse
2013 · DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2012.12-0095
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene · 39 Citations
TLDR
The infections that were missed by the rapid diagnostic test represent a particular challenge in malaria elimination settings and highlight the need for more sensitive point-of-care diagnostic tools to improve case detection of all human malaria species in febrile patients.