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Personal Author:
Bell, David ; Cunningham, Jane
Bell, David ; Cunningham, Jane Less -
Corporate Authors:
Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases ; World Health Organization. ; Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics ; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases ; World Health Organization. ; Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics ; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.) Less -
Description:
This Summary presents an overview of the results of the first, second and third rounds of WHO Product Testing of malaria antigen-detecting RDTs completed in 2008, 2009 and 2011 respectively, and is published in conjunction with the release of the results of Round 3. The results of the three rounds of testing should be considered as a single data set. Concerning products re-submitted for evaluation, the results of earlier rounds are replaced by subsequent rounds and therefore only one set of results per product feature in this summary. Separate full reports of all rounds should be consulted for further detail on product performance, and on the interpretation and use of these results.
Content Notes:
The evaluation described in this report was a joint project of the Global Malaria Programme (GMP), the Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND), TDR, Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases sponsored by UNICEF, UNDP, World Bank and WHO and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), under the WHO-FIND Malaria RDT Evaluation Programme. The project was financed by FIND, the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID), the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the UK Department for International Development (DFID) and TDR. The project would not have been possible without the cooperation and support of the specimen collection sites, and the specimen characterization laboratories mentioned herein, and acknowledges the technical advice from many malaria diagnostic manufacturers and developers in the development of the programme. This report on Round 3 of WHO Malaria RDT Product Testing was compiled by Jane Cunningham (Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR), Switzerland) and David Bell (Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND), Switzerland.

Mode of access: World Wide Web as an Acrobat .pdf file (7.53 MB, 124 p.).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 54).


Subject:
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Antimalarials
Diagnosis
Diagnosis, Laboratory
Diagnostic Tests, Routine
Drug Therapy
Evaluation
Malaria
Microbiology
Parasite Antigens
Plasmodium
Rapid Methods (Microbiology)
Reagent Kits, Diagnostic
Sensitivity And Specificity
Testing
Therapeutic Use
Utilization
Antimalarials/Therapeutic Use
Diagnosis, Laboratory/Evaluation
Malaria//Diagnosis/Evaluation
Malaria/Diagnosis
Malaria/Diagnosis/Statistics
Malaria/Drug Therapy
Malaria/Microbiology
Parasite Antigens/Testing
Plasmodium/Testing
Reagent Kits, Diagnostic/Utilization

Document Type:
Pamphlet (or booklet)
Genre:
Statistics
Collection(s):
Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library collection
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