The PoroSightR-F test: A simple rapid manual dipstick test to detect Plasmodium falciparum infection

C.J. Shiff; J. Minjas; Zul Premji

The PoroSightR-F test: A simple rapid manual dipstick test to detect Plasmodium falciparum infection

C.J. Shiff
, J. Minjas
, Zul Premji

Pathology, East Africa

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Abstract

A rapid diagnostic for Plasmodium falciparum based on an antigen capture has been incorporated in a simple, easily interpreted dipstick by Becton Dickinson Advanced Diagnostics. In this article Clive Shiff, Japhet Minjas and Zul Premji discuss its evaluation in rural Tanzania and the implications of such a test in handling malaria cases under field conditions.

Original language	Undefined/Unknown
Journal	Pathology, East Africa
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 1994

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