A bedside dipstick method to detect Plasmodium falciparum.
Indian Pediatr
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2004 Nov; 41(11): 1148-51
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in English
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| ID: sea-6684
ABSTRACT
We conducted this study to determine efficacy of Parasight-F (an HRP-II antigen dipstick method to detect P. Falciparum) in children. A total of 30 children were enrolled in the age group of 2 months to 12 years whose peripheral smear showed asexual forms of Plasmodium falciparum. All patients were tested for presence of HRP-II antigen of Plasmodium falciparum in their blood by the Parasight-F dipstick test by either an EDTA sample or a finger prick blood sample. The sensitivity of Parasight-F was 83.3 % However, the sensitivity of Parasight-F to detect Plasmodium Falciparum in case of mixed Plasmodium (Vivax + Falciparum) infection was only 25 %. Also, all patients less than 6 months of age had a negative Parasight-F test. Parasitic index, prior treatment with antimalarials or severity of Falciparum malaria have no effect on the sensitivity of Parasight-F test. We conclude that Parasight-F is an effective tool for diagnosis of Plasmoduim falciparum malaria in children.
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Main subject:
Plasmodium falciparum
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Humans
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Proteins
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Child
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Child, Preschool
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Sensitivity and Specificity
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Point-of-Care Systems
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Infant
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Animals
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Malaria
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
Language:
English
Journal:
Indian Pediatr
Year:
2004
Type:
Article
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