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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Comparison of a rapid dipstick test and thick blood films for detecting parasites of plasmodium falciparum used under typical conditions at a semi-rural hospital in Cote d'Ivoire
Tropical Doctor, Volume 28, No. 2, Year 1998
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Description
This prospective study compares a rapid dipstick test (ParaSight™-F) with thick blood films for the detection of parasites of P falciparum, under ‘typical’ conditions and constraints to be found in a semi-rural hospital in a tropical developing country in Africa. Eighty-two samples were tested using the two techniques and found to concur in 95.1% of cases. However, in four of the samples the results differed. The thick blood films of 60 samples were later re-read by a local reference laboratory. Of these 98.3% were in agreement with the reading performed at the hospital. Only one of the 60 slides differed. The rapid dipstick test proved to be both easy to use and free from many of the usual constraints such as a need for formally trained or experienced laboratory staff, laboratory equipment, and reliable water and electricity supplies. In an holoendemic area for P falciparum transmission, it would appear to be eminently suitable, in technical terms and ease of handling as well as on the basis of rapid results, for wider distribution within this region. Its main drawback remains financial. © 1998, SAGE Publications. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Watson, P. A.
Cote D'ivoire
Hôpital Protestant de Dabou
Laidoueu, A. B.
Cote D'ivoire
Hôpital Protestant de Dabou
Kacou, E.
Cote D'ivoire
Hôpital Protestant de Dabou
Koudou, Guibehi Benjamin
Cote D'ivoire
Hôpital Protestant de Dabou
Traoré, Mahamadou Namory
Central African Republic, Abidjan
Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques
Statistics
Citations: 5
Authors: 5
Affiliations: 2
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1177/004947559802800210
ISSN:
00494755
e-ISSN:
17581133
Research Areas
Environmental
Health System And Policy
Study Design
Cohort Study
Study Locations
Ivory Coast