Skip to main content
Journal cover image

Malaria surveillance in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: comparison of microscopy, PCR, and rapid diagnostic test.

Publication ,  Journal Article
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%).

Duke Scholars

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
 

Citation

APA
Chicago
ICMJE
MLA
NLM
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
Journal cover image

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