Prevalence of Asymptomatic Malaria among Children in the Tamale Metropolis: How Does the PfHRP2 CareStart™ RDT Perform against Microscopy?

Osman N Kanwugu Gideon Kofi Helegbe Paul Armah AryeeAbass Abdul-KarimFrank AnabaZulka ZiblimEvans D Amevi

Published 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.

Keyphrases

plasmodium falciparum
young adults
risk factors
high resolution
single molecule