Paracheck® rapid diagnostic test for detecting malaria infection in under five children: a population-based survey in Burkina Faso

S Samadoulougou; F Kirakoya-Samadoulougou; S Sarrassat; H Tinto; F Bakiono; I Nebié; A Robert; (2014) Paracheck® rapid diagnostic test for detecting malaria infection in under five children: a population-based survey in Burkina Faso. Malaria journal, 13 (1). p. 101. ISSN 1475-2875 DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-13-101
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Over the past ten years, Rapid Diagnostic Tests (RDT) played a major role in improving the use of biological malaria diagnosis, in particular in poor-resources settings. In Burkina Faso, a recent Demography and Health Survey (DHS) gave the opportunity to assess the performance of the Paracheck® test in under five children nationwide at community level.
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Keywords Burkina Faso, epidemiology, Child, Preschool, Diagnostic Tests, Routine, methods, Female, Humans, Infant, Malaria, diagnosis, epidemiology, Male, Mass Screening, methods, Parasitology, methods, Predictive Value of Tests, Prevalence, Sensitivity and Specificity

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