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Performance of the CareStart™ G6PD deficiency screening test, a point-of-care diagnostic for primaquine therapy screening.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2011
Kim Saorin, Nguon Chea, Guillard Bertrand, Duong Socheat, Chy Sophy, Sum Sarorn, Nhem Sina, Bouchier Christiane, Tichit Magali, Christophel Eva, Taylor Walter R J, Baird John Kevin, Menard Didier
Abstract excerpt
Development of reliable, easy-to-use, rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) to detect glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency at point of care is essential to deploying primaquine therapies as part of malaria elimination strategies. We assessed a kit under research and development called CareStart™ G6PD deficiency screening test (Access Bio, New Jersey, USA) by comparing its performance to quantitative G6PD...
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