Evaluation of the Immunoquick+4 malaria rapid diagnostic test in a non-endemic setting
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European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, Volume 29, Number 5, 577-583
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The aim of this retrospective study was to evaluate the Immunoquick+4 (BioSynex, Strasbourg, France), a three-band malaria rapid diagnostic test (MRDT) targeting histidine-rich protein-2 (HRP-2) and pan Plasmodium-specific parasite lactate dehydrogenase, in a non-endemic reference setting.
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The prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax malaria was very high in Corsica just before the Second World War. The last outbreak was in 1972 and the most recent indigenous case was in 2006.