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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-12-27
pubmed:abstractText
A rapid new immunochromatographic test (ICT malaria P.f/P.v) for diagnosis of Plasmodium falciparum and P.vivax was evaluated against thick blood smears in forest villages of Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh, where both Plasmodium falciparum and P.vivax are prevalent. 344 symptomatic patients (Gond ethnic tribe) in five villages were screened by field staff of the Malaria Research Centre in October 1999. For P.falciparum, the ICT was 97.5% sensitive and 88% specific, with a positive predictive value (PPV) of 87.6% and a negative predictive value (NPV) of 97.6%. For P.vivax the sensitivity was only 72%, the specificity 99%, with a PPV of 92% and an NPV of 96%. Although a negative test result was inadequate to exclude parasitaemia < or = 300/microl for P.falciparum and < or = 1500/microl for P.vivax, the test is potentially useful in remote areas.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
1360-2276
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
5
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
765-70
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11123823-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:11123823-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:11123823-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:11123823-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11123823-Antigens, Protozoan, pubmed-meshheading:11123823-Child, pubmed-meshheading:11123823-Child, Preschool, pubmed-meshheading:11123823-Chromatography, pubmed-meshheading:11123823-Female, pubmed-meshheading:11123823-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11123823-India, pubmed-meshheading:11123823-Infant, pubmed-meshheading:11123823-Malaria, Falciparum, pubmed-meshheading:11123823-Malaria, Vivax, pubmed-meshheading:11123823-Male, pubmed-meshheading:11123823-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:11123823-Plasmodium falciparum, pubmed-meshheading:11123823-Plasmodium vivax, pubmed-meshheading:11123823-Predictive Value of Tests, pubmed-meshheading:11123823-Prevalence, pubmed-meshheading:11123823-Sensitivity and Specificity
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Field evaluation of the ICT malaria P.f/P.v immunochromatographic test for diagnosis of Plasmodium falciparum and P.vivax infection in forest villages of Chhindwara, central India.
pubmed:affiliation
Malaria Research Centre (Field Station), Jabalpur, India. oicmrc@bom6.vsnl.net.in
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't