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
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