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| lifeskim:mentions | |
| pubmed:issue |
7
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| pubmed:dateCreated |
2008-6-16
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| pubmed:abstractText |
A rapid antigen assay for malaria was performed on blood samples collected during a simultaneous outbreak of falciparum malaria and vivax malaria on a remote island in the Indonesian archipelago. During the outbreak, a total of 89 patients (4.3% of the population) were diagnosed with malaria within a week. Microscopic examination revealed 78 malaria slide-positive cases, of whom 49 (62.8%) were identified as P. falciparum, 7 (9.0%) as P. vivax and 22 (28.2%) as mixed P. falciparum and P. vivax infections. The rapid malaria assay showed excellent correlation with expert-confirmed routine microscopy for P. falciparum and P. vivax monoinfections and mixed infections with a parasite density >50 parasites/microl. Several slide-negative blood samples collected from febrile patients with clinical malaria tested positive in the rapid test. The estimated sensitivity calculated for the rapid test (91.0%) was slightly higher than that of microscopy (87.6%). The result indicates that rapid antigen detection for malaria could be a useful alternative to microscopy to reduce the workload during emergency outbreak situations.
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| pubmed:commentsCorrections | |
| pubmed:language |
eng
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| pubmed:journal | |
| pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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| pubmed:chemical | |
| pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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| pubmed:month |
Jul
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| pubmed:issn |
0035-9203
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| pubmed:author | |
| pubmed:issnType |
Print
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| pubmed:volume |
102
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| pubmed:owner |
NLM
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| pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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| pubmed:pagination |
699-704
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| pubmed:dateRevised |
2009-3-24
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| pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:18513771-Adolescent,
pubmed-meshheading:18513771-Adult,
pubmed-meshheading:18513771-Animals,
pubmed-meshheading:18513771-Antigens, Protozoan,
pubmed-meshheading:18513771-Child,
pubmed-meshheading:18513771-Disease Outbreaks,
pubmed-meshheading:18513771-Female,
pubmed-meshheading:18513771-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:18513771-Malaria, Falciparum,
pubmed-meshheading:18513771-Malaria, Vivax,
pubmed-meshheading:18513771-Male,
pubmed-meshheading:18513771-Microscopy,
pubmed-meshheading:18513771-Middle Aged,
pubmed-meshheading:18513771-Parasitemia,
pubmed-meshheading:18513771-Plasmodium falciparum,
pubmed-meshheading:18513771-Plasmodium vivax,
pubmed-meshheading:18513771-Point-of-Care Systems,
pubmed-meshheading:18513771-Reagent Kits, Diagnostic,
pubmed-meshheading:18513771-Sensitivity and Specificity,
pubmed-meshheading:18513771-Time Factors
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| pubmed:year |
2008
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| pubmed:articleTitle |
Point-of-care testing for malaria outbreak management.
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| pubmed:affiliation |
Department of Parasitology, Hasanuddin University, Makassar, Indonesia.
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| pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Comparative Study
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