Estimation of parasitaemia in imported falciparum malaria using the results of a combined rapid diagnostic test. No big help from haematological parameters.

Manuel Jesús Soriano-PérezManuel Jesús Soriano-PérezAna Belén Lozano-SerranoMaría Pilar Luzón-GarcíaJosé Vázquez-VillegasMaría Isabel Cabeza-BarreraJaime Borrego-JiménezMaría José Giménez-LópezJoaquín Salas-Coronas

Published in: Malaria journal (2023)

The reactivity pattern of RDT allows a rapid semi-quantitative assessment of P. falciparum parasitaemia in travellers with imported malaria, discriminating patients with lower parasite loads. Haematological parameters were not able to estimate parasitaemia with sufficient precision.

Keyphrases

plasmodium falciparum
loop mediated isothermal amplification
big data
machine learning
toxoplasma gondii
trypanosoma cruzi