dc.contributor.author | Dhorda, Mehul | |
dc.contributor.author | Piola, Patrice | |
dc.contributor.author | Nyehangane, Dan | |
dc.contributor.author | Tumwebaze, Benon | |
dc.contributor.author | Nalusaji, Aisha | |
dc.contributor.author | Nabasumba, Carolyn | |
dc.contributor.author | Turyakira, Eleanor | |
dc.contributor.author | McGready, Rose | |
dc.contributor.author | Ashley, Elizabeth | |
dc.contributor.author | Guerin, Philippe J | |
dc.contributor.author | Snounou, Georges | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-02-15T07:22:02Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-02-15T07:22:02Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2012 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Dhorda, M., Piola, P., Nyehangane, D., Tumwebaze, B., Nalusaji, A., Nabasumba, C., ... & Snounou, G. (2012). Performance of a histidine-rich protein 2 rapid diagnostic test, Paracheck Pf®, for detection of malaria infections in Ugandan pregnant women. The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 86(1), 93. | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://ir.must.ac.ug/xmlui/handle/123456789/1484 | |
dc.description.abstract | Improved laboratory diagnosis is critical to reduce the burden of malaria in pregnancy. Peripheral blood smears appear less sensitive than Plasmodium falciparum histidine-rich protein 2–based rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) for
placental malaria infections in studies conducted at delivery. In this study, 81 women in Uganda in the second or third trimester of pregnancy were followed-up until delivery. At each visit, peripheral blood was tested by blood smear, RDT, and
nested species-specific polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Sensitivity and specificity of the tests was calculated with PCR, which detected 22 infections of P. falciparum , as the gold standard. The sensitivity and specificity of blood smears were 36.4% (95% confidence interval [CI] = 18.0–59.2%) and 99.6% (95% CI = 97.7–100%), respectively. The corresponding values for RDT were 31.8% (95% CI = 14.7–54.9%) and 100% (95% CI = 98.3–100%). The RDTs could replace blood smears for diagnosis of malaria in pregnancy by virtue of their relative ease of use. Field-based sensitive tests for malaria in pregnancy are urgently needed. | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | This study was sponsored by Médecins Sans
Frontières and received additional financial support from the
European Commission and the AEDES Foundation | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | en_US |
dc.title | Performance of a histidine-rich protein 2 rapid diagnostic test, paracheck pf ® , for detection of malaria infections in Ugandan pregnant women | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |