Malaria presents a diagnostic challenge to laboratories in most countries. Endemic malaria,
population movements, and travelers all contribute to presenting the laboratory with …

The major growth in point-of-care malaria diagnosis over the past decade has been based
on immunochromatographic malaria rapid diagnostic tests (mRDTs), which generally detect …

The key to performance of diagnostic medical parasitology procedures is formal training and
experience. The majority of diagnostic parasitology procedures can be performed either …

Diagnostic procedures in the field of medical parasitology require a great deal of judgment
and interpretation and are generally classified by the Clinical Laboratory Improvement …

In the last decade, there has been an upsurge of interest in developing malaria rapid
diagnostic test (RDT) kits for the detection of Plasmodium species. Three antigens …

Background Rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) for Plasmodium falciparum malaria use
antibodies to detect either HRP‐2 antigen or pLDH antigen, and can improve access to …

ABSTRACT A TaqMan-based real-time PCR qualitative assay for the detection of three
species of malaria parasites—Plasmodium falciparum, P. ovale, and P. vivax—was devised …

Malaria is a global health problem, responsible for nearly 3 million deaths each year, and on
the increase worldwide. Improvements in malaria diagnostics should facilitate the …

Most research into genomics and other related biotechnologies is concerned with the
priorities of industrialized nations, and yet a limited number of projects have shown that …

Rising costs of antimalarial agents are increasing the demand for accurate diagnosis of
malaria. Rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) offer great potential to improve the diagnosis of …