Assessing field performance of ultrasensitive rapid diagnostic tests for malaria: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To overcome the limitations of conventional malaria rapid diagnostic tests (cRDTs) in diagnosing malaria in patients with low parasitaemia, ultrasensitive malaria rapid diagnostic tests (uRDTs) have recently been developed, with promising results under laboratory conditions. The current study is the first meta-analysis comparing the overall sensitivity, and specificity of newly developed ultrasensitive Plasmodium falciparum malaria RDT (Alere™ Ultra-sensitive Malaria Ag P. falciparum RDT) with the cRDT conducted in the same field conditions.

Methods

PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane infectious diseases group specialized register, and African Journals Online (AJOL) were searched up to 20^th April 2021. Studies with enough data to compute sensitivity and specificit

SUBMITTER: Danwang C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8176703 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature