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Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Tests: very low prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum histidine-rich protein 2 (pfhrp2) deletion in the Brazil-Venezuela-Guyana tri-border
2024-07-26
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<title>Abstract</title> <p>Rapid Diagnostic Tests (RDTs) have been an important diagnostic tool for detecting <italic>P. falciparum</italic> malaria in resource-limited settings. Most tests are designed to detect the Histidine-rich Protein 2 (HRP2). Parasites lacking <italic>pfhrp2</italic> and its homologous <italic>pfhrp3</italic> have been reported in several regions, with prevalence reaching 100% in certain a...
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- 2e7d4467-b950-5cda-8e64-00fcbc934eda
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- 10.21203/rs.3.rs-4641495/v1
