Prevalence of Asymptomatic Malaria among Children in the Tamale Metropolis: How Does the PfHRP2 CareStart™ RDT Perform against Microscopy? - Concepedia

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Prevalence of Asymptomatic Malaria among Children in the Tamale Metropolis: How Does the PfHRP2 CareStart™ RDT Perform against Microscopy?

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2019

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Osman N. Kanwugu, Gideon Kofi Helegbe, Paul Armah Aryee, Abass Abdul-Karim, Frank Anaba, Zulka Ziblim, Evans D. Amevi

Journal of Tropical Medicine

Abstract

Prevalence of asymptomatic malaria among children was found to be 2.6%. The study reported low sensitivity and PPV for <i>Pf</i>HRP2 CareStart™ RDT in an asymptomatic population at instances of low parasitaemia.

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