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Performance assessment of a widely used rapid diagnostic test CareStart™ compared to microscopy for the detection of Plasmodium in asymptomatic patients in the Western region of Cameroon

Roland Bamou, Zidedine Nematchoua-Weyou, Michel Lontsi-Demano, Laura Gilberine Ningahi, Mélanie Tchoumbou, Blaise Armand Defo-Talom, Marie Paul Audrey Mayi, Timoléon Tchuinkam

Heliyon · 2021 · 18 citations · 26 references

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World malaria report

Weltgesundheitsorganisation · 2005 · 3.8K citations

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Overdiagnosis of malaria in patients with severe febrile illness in Tanzania: a prospective study

Hugh Reyburn, Redepmta Mbatia, Chris Drakeley et al. · BMJ · 2004 · 666 citations · Full text

Sensitivity, specificity, receiver-operating characteristic (ROC) curves and likelihood ratios: communicating the performance of diagnostic tests.

Christopher M Florkowski · PubMed · 2008 · 561 citations

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Basic laboratory methods in medical parasitology

Francis Edmund Gabriel Cox · Parasitology Today · 1992 · 555 citations

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Malaria misdiagnosis: effects on the poor and vulnerable

Mark Amexo, Rachel Tolhurst, G. Barnish et al. · The Lancet · 2004 · 461 citations

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