The effectiveness of paracheck P.F tests for malaria rapid diagnosis in the central and high land of Vietnam
- Author:
Nguyen Ngoc San
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
malaria
- MeSH:
Malaria;
Therapeutics;
diagnosis
- From:Journal of Malaria and parasite diseases Control
2003;0(1):64-69
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
Cross-sectional survey on the effectiveness of the Parascheck Pf tests for malaria rapid diagnosis was carried out in all people lived in malaria areas in the Central and Highland of Vietnam. Comparision of the sensitivity, the specificity, the value of negative prediction and the accuracy of the Paracheck Pf tests between 4 different geographical zones and 2 different malaria areas (stable and unstable malaria areas) showed that there was no significant difference. The rapid Paracheck Pf tests have the sensitivity, specificity, the value of positive and negative prediction and the accuracy of 95.8%, 98.1%, 74.3%, 99.7% and 97.9%, respectively
