ArticleThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene2021
Ten Years of Universal Testing: How the Rapid Diagnostic Test Became a Game Changer for Malaria Case Management and Improved Disease Reporting.
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- Implementation determinants of rapid diagnostic tests for fever management in sub-Saharan Africa: a mixed-studies systematic review.Nature communications · 2026Pooled it
- Parasitaemia and fever in uncomplicated Plasmodium vivax malaria: A systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2025Pooled it
- Unite against Malaria: challenges and achievements in malaria control around the globe.Nature communications · 2026Article
- The accuracy of recording malaria rapid diagnostic test (RDT) results in public health facilities in Benin; results from the MaCRA project.Malaria journal · 2026Observational
- False-positive Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Tests are Prevalent Among Children Under 5 Years of Age in Uganda.The Journal of infectious diseases · 2026Article
- Positive tests are all alike, every negative test is negative in its own way: lack of confidence in negative malaria rapid diagnostic tests in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.Malaria journal · 2026Article
- A six-pronged approach to manage a Plasmodium vivax outbreak in a low- and middle-income country on the road to malaria elimination.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2026Article
- Mapping of the country-wide prevalence of non-malarial febrile illnesses in areas with varying malaria transmission intensities in Mainland Tanzania.Gates open research · 2026Article
- The effects of introduced procedural errors on malaria rapid diagnostic test performance in a laboratory setting.Malaria journal · 2025Article
- Practicability of a malaria rapid diagnostic self-test among artisanal gold miners in French Guiana: a cross-sectional study.Malaria journal · 2025Article
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- Diagnosis of Plasmodium falciparum malaria at very low parasitaemias using a commercially available LAMP assay and RDT.Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene · 2025Article
- Evaluating the performance of an artificial intelligence-based electronic reader for malaria rapid diagnostic tests across Benin, Côte d'Ivoire, Nigeria and Uganda.Malaria journal · 2025Article
- Performance and usability evaluation of three LDH-based malaria rapid diagnostic tests in Kédougou, Senegal.Parasites & vectors · 2025Article
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- Costs of testing sick children in primary care with pulse oximetry: Evidence from four countries, both with and without electronic clinical decision support.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- Antibiotic prescribing patterns at outpatient clinics in Western and Coastal Kenya.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- Performance and usability evaluation of three LDH-based malaria rapid diagnostic tests in Kédougou, Senegal.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2024Article
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Abstract
In 2010, the World Health Organization changed its guidance on malaria case management, recommending parasitological confirmation of all suspected cases before treatment with an antimalarial. This recommendation was in large part as a result of the availability of quality assured malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) that made it possible for malaria diagnosis to be performed by laboratory staff in all health facilities irrespective of the facility's place in the tiered health system. Community health workers and other non-laboratory health workers who traditionally did not perform malaria testing due to the technical and logistic demands of smear microscopy were now able to test for malaria. The use of RDTs has led to substantial increases in testing rates, improved quality of case management, as well as more accurate reporting of malaria cases. Although current RDTs have limitations, they remain one of the most important tools in contemporary malaria control. Further improvements to existing products, such as increased sensitivity for non-falciparum tests, diversification of Plasmodium falciparum antigen targets, along with strengthened health system support for current RDTs will further enhance their utility in malaria control and prevention.
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