Malaria surveillance in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: comparison of microscopy, PCR, and rapid diagnostic test.
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Doctor, SM; Liu, Y; Whitesell, A; Thwai, KL; Taylor, SM; Janko, M; Emch, M; Kashamuka, M; Muwonga, J; Tshefu, A; Meshnick, SR
Published in: Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis
May 2016
Malaria surveillance is critical for control efforts, but diagnostic methods frequently disagree. Here, we compare microscopy, PCR, and a rapid diagnostic test in 7137 samples from children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo using latent class analysis. PCR had the highest sensitivity (94.6%) and microscopy had the lowest (76.7%).
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Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis
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1879-0070
Publication Date
May 2016
Volume
85
Issue
1
Start / End Page
16 / 18
Location
United States
Related Subject Headings
- Sensitivity and Specificity
- Public Health Surveillance
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Plasmodium malariae
- Microscopy
- Microbiology
- Malaria
- Humans
- Diagnostic Tests, Routine
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Doctor, S. M., Liu, Y., Whitesell, A., Thwai, K. L., Taylor, S. M., Janko, M., … Meshnick, S. R. (2016). Malaria surveillance in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: comparison of microscopy, PCR, and rapid diagnostic test. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis, 85(1), 16–18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2016.01.004
Doctor, Stephanie M., Yunhao Liu, Amy Whitesell, Kyaw L. Thwai, Steve M. Taylor, Mark Janko, Michael Emch, et al. “Malaria surveillance in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: comparison of microscopy, PCR, and rapid diagnostic test.” Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 85, no. 1 (May 2016): 16–18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2016.01.004.
Doctor SM, Liu Y, Whitesell A, Thwai KL, Taylor SM, Janko M, et al. Malaria surveillance in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: comparison of microscopy, PCR, and rapid diagnostic test. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2016 May;85(1):16–8.
Doctor, Stephanie M., et al. “Malaria surveillance in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: comparison of microscopy, PCR, and rapid diagnostic test.” Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis, vol. 85, no. 1, May 2016, pp. 16–18. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2016.01.004.
Doctor SM, Liu Y, Whitesell A, Thwai KL, Taylor SM, Janko M, Emch M, Kashamuka M, Muwonga J, Tshefu A, Meshnick SR. Malaria surveillance in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: comparison of microscopy, PCR, and rapid diagnostic test. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2016 May;85(1):16–18.
Published In
Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis
DOI
EISSN
1879-0070
Publication Date
May 2016
Volume
85
Issue
1
Start / End Page
16 / 18
Location
United States
Related Subject Headings
- Sensitivity and Specificity
- Public Health Surveillance
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Plasmodium malariae
- Microscopy
- Microbiology
- Malaria
- Humans
- Diagnostic Tests, Routine
- Democratic Republic of the Congo