BMC Infectious Diseases | |
Performance comparison of CareStart™ HRP2/pLDH combo rapid malaria test with light microscopy in north-western Tigray, Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study | |
Research Article | |
Haftom Hadush1  Daniel Getacher Feleke1  Shambel Tarko2  | |
[1] Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Health Sciences and Referral Hospital, Aksum University, Aksum, Ethiopia;School of Nursing, College of Health Sciences and Referral Hospital, Aksum University, Aksum, Ethiopia; | |
关键词: Malaria; RDT; Light microscopy; North-western Tigray; | |
DOI : 10.1186/s12879-017-2503-9 | |
received in 2017-01-02, accepted in 2017-05-30, 发布年份 2017 | |
来源: Springer | |
【 摘 要 】
BackgroundRapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) are alternative methods for microscopy in the diagnosis of malaria in resource limited settings. Among commercially available RDTs, CareStart™ Malaria test was found to show reliable results. This study evaluated the performance of CareStart™ Malaria Combo test kit in Northwestern Tigray in Ethiopia.MethodsBlood samples were collected from 320 malaria-suspected patients at Mayani Hospital in Northwestern Tigray from December 2015 to March 2016. All blood samples were examined using both light microscopy and CareStart™ Malaria HRP2/pLDH Combo Test kit. Statistical analyses were performed using SPSS version 20.ResultsThe overall parasite positivity using light microscopy and CareStart™ RDT was 41 (12.8%) and 43 (13.4%), respectively. The sensitivity and specificity of CareStart™ RDT, regardless of species, were found to be 95.4 and 99.3%, respectively. Furthermore, the sensitivity of CareStart™ RDT for Plasmodium falciparum or mixed infection and non-falciparum malaria parasites was 94.4 and 85.0%, respectively while the specificity was found to be 98.9 and 99.7%, respectively. The agreement between the two test methods was “excellent” with a kappa value of 0.92.ConclusionCareStart™ RDT has very good sensitivity and specificity for malaria diagnosis. The test kit also has an excellent agreement with light microscopy. It is therefore useful in resource-limited areas where microscopy is not available.
【 授权许可】
CC BY
© The Author(s). 2017
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