Performance comparison of two malaria rapid diagnostic test with real time polymerase chain reaction and gold standard of microscopy detection method

• Main Authors: Puspa Wardhani (Author), Trieva Verawaty Butarbutar (Author), Christophorus Oetama Adiatmaja (Author), Amarensi Milka Betaubun (Author), Nur Hamidah (Author), Aryati (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2020-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: The diagnostic test for malaria is mostly based on Rapid Diagnostic Test (RDT) and detection by microscopy. Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) is also a sensitive detection method that can be considered as a diagnostic tool. The outcome of malaria microscopy detection depends on the examine...