Diagnostic performance of CareStart™ malaria HRP2/pLDH (Pf/pan) combo test versus standard microscopy on falciparum and vivax malaria between China-Myanmar endemic borders

Malaria Journal

Research

Cheng Zhibin¹  Zhou Xiaonong²  Ernest Tambo²  Wang Jiazhi³  Wang Jian⁴  Wei Chun⁴  Sun Xiaodong⁴  Deng Yan⁴ 

[1] Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, 100005, Beijing, China;National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Diseases Control and Prevention, WHO Collaborating Center on Malaria, Schisostomiasis and Filariasis, 200025, Shanghai, China;Tengchong Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 679100, Tengchong, Yunnan, China;Yunnan Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Yunnan Center for Malaria Research, Institute of Vector and Pathogen Biology of Dali University, 665000, Puer, Yunnan, China;

关键词: CareStart™;    Diagnostic;    Malaria;    Microscopy;    Performance;    Plasmodium;    Standard;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1475-2875-12-6

 received in 2012-09-04, accepted in 2012-12-29,  发布年份 2013

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundRapid diagnostic test (RDT) is becoming an alternative way of establishing quickly the diagnosis of malaria infections, by detecting specific malaria antigens in suspected patients’ blood between the China-Myanmar endemic borders areas, towards achieving the National Malaria Elimination programme by 2020. The objective of this study is to evaluate the performance of CareStart™ Malaria Pf/Pan RDT kit for the diagnosis of malaria infections in suspected patients. Blood examination by microscopy was taken as gold standard to evaluate CareStart™ kit’s sensitivity, specificity and predictive value and corrected with PCR assay.ResultsOverall 126 of 241 (52.28%) malaria cases were detected by microscopy compared to 115 of 241(47.72%) CareStart™ kit and 128 of 241 (53.11%) PCR corrected assay. CareStart™ kit’s sensitivity and specificity for the diagnosis of malaria were 89.68% and 98.26% respectively, compared to standard microscopy, whereas the sensitivity and specificity for falciparum malaria were 88.52% and 98.26%, and for vivax malaria: 90.77% and 100%. The CareStart™ positive predictive values were 98.26% (93.88-99.52%, 95% CI) compared to 100% (96.77-100%, 95% CI) for PCR-corrected, and the negative predictive values of 89.68% (83.15-93.87%, 95% CI) were the same in microscopy as PCR-corrected. The diagnostic accuracy of CareStart™ kit versus microscopy and PCR were 93.78% (89.99-96.19%, 95% CI) and 94.61% (90.99-96.82%, 95% CI) respectively. The likelihood of diagnostic of malaria positive was almost similar between microscopy and CareStart™ kit, with an entropy reduction of 60.0% compared to a weak likelihood of misdiagnosis of 0.10 (0.09-0.12, 95% CI), with an entropy reduction of 36.01%.ConclusionThe accuracy of CareStart™ kit is comparable to gold standard microscopy in these areas, it is easy to perform and suitable for cross-border diagnosis and monitoring of local or imported malaria patterns by any local health staff in endemic remotes.

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