Diagnostic performance characteristics of rapid dipstick test for Plasmodium vivax malaria
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
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96(5): 683-686, July 2001. ilus, tab
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RESUMO
We compared the diagnostic performance characteristics of newly developed method, the rapid dipstick test, which provides colorimetric determination by developing antibody to the lactate dehydrogenase enzyme of parasites, with conventional standard thick-blood film examination. For the rapid test, OptiMAL commercial kits were used. The results were also evaluated with clinical findings from patients. The parasites were determined by microscopic examination of thick-blood films from 81 patients with vivax malaria from southeastern Anatolia, Turkey. The OptiMAL test results were found to be negative in five patients who were diagnosed clinically and through thick-film testing as having vivax malaria. There was no false positivity observed with the OptiMAL test. We concluded that this rapid malaria test has a lower level of sensitivity than the classical thick-blood-film test for malaria, but that these methods have equal specificity
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Sujet Principal:
Plasmodium vivax
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Paludisme à Plasmodium vivax
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Tests hématologiques
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L-Lactate dehydrogenase
Type d'étude:
Etude diagnostique
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Étude pronostique
Limites du sujet:
Animaux
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Humains
langue:
Anglais
Texte intégral:
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
Thème du journal:
Médecine tropicale
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Parasitologie
Année:
2001
Type:
Article
Pays d'affiliation:
Turquie
Institution/Pays d'affiliation:
Harran University/TR
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Mersin University/TR
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