Prevalence of Asymptomatic Malaria among Children in the Tamale Metropolis: How Does the PfHRP2 CareStart™ RDT Perform against Microscopy?
Osman N KanwuguGideon Kofi HelegbePaul Armah AryeeAbass Abdul-KarimFrank AnabaZulka ZiblimEvans D AmeviPublished in: Journal of tropical medicine (2019)
Prevalence of asymptomatic malaria among children was found to be 2.6%. The study reported low sensitivity and PPV for PfHRP2 CareStart™ RDT in an asymptomatic population at instances of low parasitaemia.