Between November 1999 and April 2000, a malariaoutbreak occurred in the state of La Guajira, Colombia; 5.687 cases were diagnosed -3,401 as P falciparum, 2,256 as P vivax and 30 as mixed infections. The conditions of location and case number were considered favorable for the application and evaluation of a rapid diagnostic field test. Malaria diagnosis obtained by the rapid immunocromatographic test (OptiMAL) and thick blood smear were compared in the municipalities of Dibulla, Manaure and Riohacha. The treatment of each patient was based on the rapid test result, but whenever the two methods disagreed, the thick bood smear results were given priority in decisions to modify the initial treatment. Two hundred thitiy-one finger-prick blood sa...
Abstract INTRODUCTION: Rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) for detecting Plasmodium antigens have become...
Prompt and accurate diagnosis of malaria is part of an effective disease management (1) , because ...
In Brazil, more than 500,000 new cases of malaria were notified in 1992. Plasmodium falciparum and P...
Between November 1999 and April 2000, a malariaoutbreak occurred in the state of La Guajira, Colombi...
Introduction. One of the strategies to reduce malarial morbidity and mortality is to make an early d...
Introduction. To increase the accessibility of malaria diagnosis, the Instituto Nacional de Salud de...
The capacity of Optimal to diagnose malaria was compared with the thick smear test in two representa...
Introduction: Taking into account the difficulty of performing malaria microscopic diagnosis in rura...
Introduction: In Peru, optical microscopy with the thick smear test continues to be performed for th...
OBJECTIVE: To determine the sensitivity and specificity of the rapid diagnostic test OptiMAL® for di...
Objective: To determine the sensitivity and specificity of the rapid diagnostic test OptiMAL for dia...
Alternative, non-microscopic methods for the diagnosis of malaria have recently become available. Am...
Introduction. The Andean Health Organization has been responsible for the coordination and evaluatio...
The precocious diagnosis and the opportune treatment of the cases of malaria is one of the main str...
Alternative, non-microscopic methods for the diagnosis of malaria have recently become available. Am...
Abstract INTRODUCTION: Rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) for detecting Plasmodium antigens have become...
Prompt and accurate diagnosis of malaria is part of an effective disease management (1) , because ...
In Brazil, more than 500,000 new cases of malaria were notified in 1992. Plasmodium falciparum and P...
Between November 1999 and April 2000, a malariaoutbreak occurred in the state of La Guajira, Colombi...
Introduction. One of the strategies to reduce malarial morbidity and mortality is to make an early d...
Introduction. To increase the accessibility of malaria diagnosis, the Instituto Nacional de Salud de...
The capacity of Optimal to diagnose malaria was compared with the thick smear test in two representa...
Introduction: Taking into account the difficulty of performing malaria microscopic diagnosis in rura...
Introduction: In Peru, optical microscopy with the thick smear test continues to be performed for th...
OBJECTIVE: To determine the sensitivity and specificity of the rapid diagnostic test OptiMAL® for di...
Objective: To determine the sensitivity and specificity of the rapid diagnostic test OptiMAL for dia...
Alternative, non-microscopic methods for the diagnosis of malaria have recently become available. Am...
Introduction. The Andean Health Organization has been responsible for the coordination and evaluatio...
The precocious diagnosis and the opportune treatment of the cases of malaria is one of the main str...
Alternative, non-microscopic methods for the diagnosis of malaria have recently become available. Am...
Abstract INTRODUCTION: Rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) for detecting Plasmodium antigens have become...
Prompt and accurate diagnosis of malaria is part of an effective disease management (1) , because ...
In Brazil, more than 500,000 new cases of malaria were notified in 1992. Plasmodium falciparum and P...