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| Title |
Limit of blank and limit of detection of Plasmodium falciparum thick blood smear microscopy in a routine setting in Central Africa
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Malaria Journal, June 2014
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| DOI | 10.1186/1475-2875-13-234 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Fanny Joanny, Sascha JZ Löhr, Thomas Engleitner, Bertrand Lell, Benjamin Mordmüller |
| Abstract |
Proper malaria diagnosis depends on the detection of asexual forms of Plasmodium spp. in the blood. Thick blood smear microscopy is the accepted gold standard of malaria diagnosis and is widely implemented. Surprisingly, diagnostic performance of this method is not well investigated and many clinicians in African routine settings base treatment decisions independent of microscopy results. This leads to overtreatment and poor management of other febrile diseases. Implementation of quality control programmes is recommended, but requires sustained funding, external logistic support and constant training and supervision of the staff. This study describes an easily applicable method to assess the performance of thick blood smear microscopy by determining the limit of blank and limit of detection. These two values are representative of the diagnostic quality and allow the correct discrimination between positive and negative samples. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 86 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 18 | 21% |
| Student > Master | 11 | 13% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 10 | 11% |
| Researcher | 8 | 9% |
| Student > Bachelor | 5 | 6% |
| Other | 12 | 14% |
| Unknown | 23 | 26% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 18 | 21% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 11 | 13% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 9 | 10% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 5 | 6% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 2 | 2% |
| Other | 12 | 14% |
| Unknown | 30 | 34% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 19 November 2018.
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