Rapid diagnostic tests failing to detect infections by Plasmodium falciparum encoding pfhrp2 and pfhrp3 genes in a non-endemic setting

摘要

Distinct malaria diagnostic strategies applied from January 2006 to December 2016 ( ) and from January 2017 to December 2018 ( ). During the first period ( ), ICT Malaria Combo Cassette Test (ICT Diagnostics) was used from January 2006 to August 2009 and SD Bioline Malaria Ag Pf/Pan (Standard Diagnostics, Inc.; product code 05FK60), was used from September 2009 to December 2016. During the second period ( ), SD Bioline Malaria Ag Pf/Pan (Standard Diagnostics, Inc.; product code 05FK60) was continued