A comparative evaluation of mobile medical APPS (MMAS) for reading and interpreting malaria rapid diagnostic tests.
Theodoor VisserSumedh RamachandraEmilie PothinJan JacobsJane CunninghamArnaud Le MenachMichelle L GattonSamaly Dos Santos SouzaSydney NelsonLuke RooneyMichael AidooPublished in: Malaria journal (2021)
The study results show that in a laboratory setting, most MMAs produced similar results interpreting the Pf test line of RDTs at parasite densities typically found in patients that experience malaria symptoms (> 100 p/µl) compared to the human eye. At low parasite densities for the Pf line and across all parasite densities for the Pan line, MMAs were less accurate than the human eye. Future efforts should focus on improving the band/line detection at lower band intensities and evaluating additional MMA functionalities like the ability to identify and classify RDT errors or anomalies.
Keyphrases
- plasmodium falciparum
- endothelial cells
- end stage renal disease
- toxoplasma gondii
- trypanosoma cruzi
- induced pluripotent stem cells
- chronic kidney disease
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- loop mediated isothermal amplification
- pluripotent stem cells
- emergency department
- mass spectrometry
- life cycle
- physical activity
- prognostic factors
- working memory
- current status
- quality improvement
- label free
- patient reported outcomes