Malaria surveillance in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: comparison of microscopy, PCR, and rapid diagnostic test
- Doctor, Stephanie M.
- Liu, Yunhao
- Whitesell, Amy
- Thwai, Kyaw L.
- Taylor, Steve M.
- Janko, Mark
- Emch, Michael
- Kashamuka, Melchior
- Muwonga, Jérémie
- Tshefu, Antoinette
- Meshnick, Steven R.
DOIAbstract
Malaria surveillance is critical for control efforts, but diagnostic methods frequently disagree. Here we compare microscopy, PCR, and a Rapid Diagnostic Test in 7,137 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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