Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (Apr 2005)

Evaluation of an immunochromatography test for malaria diagnosis under different storage conditions

  • Roberta de Souza Rodrigues Penhalbel,
  • Érica Fugikaha,
  • Alexandre Lorenzetti,
  • Renata Tomé Alves,
  • Carlos Eugênio Cavasini,
  • Andréa Regina Baptista Rossit,
  • Vanja Suely Pachiano Calvosa,
  • Álvaro Augusto D'Almeida Couto,
  • Ricardo Luiz Dantas Machado

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 38, no. 2
pp. 194 – 195

Abstract

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This study aimed to evaluate the second-generation OptiMal test for malaria diagnosis under various storage conditions. It detected all the positive samples, except for two Plasmodium malariae samples. Further research evaluating diverse environmental conditions are important for ICT test applicability in Brazilian malaria areas.

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