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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.)
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Description:
"This Summary presents an overview of the results of the first and second rounds of WHO product testing of malaria antigen-detecting RDTs completed in 2008 and 2009 respectively, and is published in conjunction with the release of the results of Round 2. The results of the two rounds of testing should be considered as a single data set, and the full reports of both Rounds 1 and 2 consulted for further detail on product performance, and on the interpretation and use of these results." - p. 1
Content Notes:
"DOI: 10.2471/TDR.09.978-924-1599467"

"The RDT evaluations summarized here were performed as a collaboration between WHO, TDR, FIND, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and other partners."

Mode of access: World Wide Web as an Acrobat .pdf file (5.4MB, 100 p.).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 46).


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
Main Document Checksum:
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urn:sha256:04eecaa41c35830d2d6117db9ff758ea62af303d30a3e4daed726bfda7b5ff41
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