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Evaluation of the Immunoquick+4 malaria rapid diagnostic test in a non-endemic setting

Submitted by patrick sampao on January 14, 2011 - 13:17
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D. P. J. van Dijk, P. Gillet, E. Vlieghe, L. Cnops, M. Van Esbroeck and J. Jacobs
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European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, Volume 29, Number 5, 577-583
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D.vanDijk@student.maastrichtuniversity.nl

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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Open Access | Malaria risk in Corsica, former hot spot of malaria in France

Submitted by patrick sampao on August 14, 2010 - 13:28
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Toty C, Barre H, Le Goff G, Larget-Thiery I, Rahola N, Couret D, Fontenille D
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Malaria Journal 2010, 9:231 (12 August 2010)
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celine.toty@ird.fr

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.

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One hundred and fifteen cases of imported falciparum malaria admitted at the Bordeaux teaching hospital emergency unit

Submitted by Kabogo on February 18, 2010 - 12:13
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M. Pillot Debelleix, M.-C. Receveur, T. Pistone, É. Lesaine, I. Faure, C. Gabinski, D. Malvy
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Médecine et Maladies Infectieuses, Volume 40, Issue 2, February 2010, Pages 88-93
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debelleix.marie@gmail.com

An efficient hospital-community network and recent protocols are the best tools to rapidly refer patients to an adapted structure with available trained staff and referent specialist.

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