Publication: A field trial of the ParaSight®-F test for the diagnosis of Plasmodium falciparum infection
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1996-01-01
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00359203
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Mahidol University
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Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Vol.90, No.3 (1996), 244-245
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T. Banchongaksorn, P. Yomokgul, S. Panyim, W. Rooney, P. Vickers A field trial of the ParaSight®-F test for the diagnosis of Plasmodium falciparum infection. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Vol.90, No.3 (1996), 244-245. doi:10.1016/S0035-9203(96)90231-X Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/17640
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A field trial of the ParaSight®-F test for the diagnosis of Plasmodium falciparum infection
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The rapid manual ParaSight®-F test for Plasmodium falciparum is an antigen capture test detecting trophozoite-derived histidine rich protein II, is simple and provides a definitive diagnosis within 10 min. Compared with 913 thick blood film examinations, the ParaSight®-F test had 93.4% sensitivity and 98.2% specificity. Compared with 520 blood samples within the same study examined with the aid of the polymerase chain reaction, the ParaSight®-F test had 91.6% sensitivity and 99.4% specificity. The ParaSight®-F test could be a valuable diagnostic tool for falciparum malaria in any situation requiring rapid diagnosis in the absence of microscopical examination.