Impact of age and immune status on the accuracy of rapid diagnostic tests for visceral leishmaniasis in Brazil
While RDTs offer desirable advantages in terms of access to diagnoses, variation on their performance imposes limits on their implementation. The performance of RDTs for VL exhibits significant differences related to age and immune status.
Authors
- Mariana Lourenço Freire (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3380-2651)
- Verônica Cardoso Santos de Faria
- Dorcas Lamounier Costa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7115-7978)
- Gláucia Cota (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0538-7403)
- Daniel Moreira de Avelar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7907-7913)
- Líndicy Leidicy Alves (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5040-8870)
- Mariana Junqueira Pedras (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2494-6178)
- Tália Santana Machado de Assis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5682-2981)
- Lara Saraiva
Institutions
- Universidade Federal do Piauí (BR)
- Federal Center for Technological Education of Minas Gerais (BR)
- Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (BR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS neglected tropical diseases
- Published
- 2025-06-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0013087
- Primary Topic
- Research on Leishmaniasis Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
- Pan American Health Organization