Comparative evaluation of the diagnostic accuracies of four different malaria rapid diagnostic test kits available in Ghana
Enoch Aninagyei,
John Gameli Deku,
Keren Trishia Yemofio
et al.
Abstract:Malaria rapid diagnostic test (mRDT) kit is one of the techniques for diagnosing malaria. Due to its inherent advantages over the microscopy technique, several brands of the kit have flooded malaria endemic countries, without prior in-country evaluation. Two of such mRDT kits are Oscar (India) and Standard Q (Korea Republic). In this study, the performance of Oscar and Standard Q mRDT kits were compared to First Response (India) and CareStart (USA) mRDTs, which have been evaluated and deployed for use approved… Show more
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