T. BanchongaksornP. YomokgulS. PanyimW. RooneyP. VickersMalaria Center Region 2Thailand Ministry of Public HealthMahidol University2018-07-042018-07-041996-01-01Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Vol.90, No.3 (1996), 244-245003592032-s2.0-0029971148https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/17640The 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.Mahidol UniversityImmunology and MicrobiologyMedicineArticleSCOPUS10.1016/S0035-9203(96)90231-X