ArticlePathogens (Basel, Switzerland)2022
Performance Evaluation of Nested Polymerase Chain Reaction (Nested PCR), Light Microscopy, and
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- Performance and challenges of malaria rapid diagnostic tests in endemic regions of Africa.Scientific reports · 2025Pooled it
- Performance of rapid diagnostic tests for malaria diagnosis in Nigeria: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Malaria journal · 2025Pooled it
- Diagnostic challenges in malaria detection: A comparative diagnostic performance of HRP2-based rapid diagnostic tests, microscopy, and PCR at Bichena primary hospital, Northwest Ethiopia.Parasite epidemiology and control · 2026Article
- Diagnosis On-Demand: Field Evaluation of Microfluidic Paper Device for the Detection of Asymptomatic Malaria.Analytical chemistry · 2025Article
- The burden and diagnostic challenges of subclinical Plasmodium falciparum infections in Southern Ghana.BMC infectious diseases · 2025Article
- A Rapid On-Site Detection Method for Plasmodium falciparum Carried by Mosquitoes Using Disc Microfluidic Isothermal Amplification.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2025Article
- The question of the early diagnosis of asymptomatic and subpatent malaria in pregnancy: Implications for diagnostic tools in a malaria endemic area.European journal of obstetrics & gynecology and reproductive biology: X · 2023Article
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Abstract
Malaria remains a major public health challenge worldwide. In order to ensure a prompt and accurate malaria diagnosis, the World Health Organization recommended the confirmatory parasitological diagnosis of malaria by microscopy and malaria rapid diagnostic test (RDT) prior to antimalarial administration and treatment. This study was designed to evaluate the performance of nested polymerase chain reaction (nested PCR), light microscopy, and
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