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Performance of rapid diagnostic tests, microscopy, and qPCR for detection of parasites among community members with or without symptoms of malaria in villages with high levels of artemisinin partial resistance in North-western Tanzania

2024-09-30 public and global health Title + abstract only
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BackgroundDespite the implementation of different control interventions, infections in the communities (among asymptomatic and symptomatic individuals) still play a crucial role in sustaining malaria transmission. This study evaluated the performance of rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs), microscopy, and quantitative PCR (qPCR) in detecting malaria parasites among community members in five villages of Kyerwa district, Kagera region, an area where artemisinin partial resistance (ART-R) has been recent...

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