Can malaria rapid diagnostic tests be used to detect simian malaria?
The performance of RDTs in detecting simian malaria varies according to RDT brand, infecting Plasmodium species, and parasite density. Most RDT brands show good performance to detect simian Plasmodium species when parasite density exceeds 200 parasites/µL.
Authors
- Suchinda Malaivijitnond (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0897-2632)
- Nicholas Day (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2309-1171)
- Arjen M. Dondorp (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5190-2395)
- Wanassanan Madmanee
- Nicholas John White (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1897-1978)
- Mallika Imwong
Institutions
- Chulalongkorn University (TH)
- Mahidol University (TH)
- Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (TH)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Acta Tropica
- Published
- 2025-09-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2025.107819
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Malaria Research and Control
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.88
Funders
- Wellcome
- Wellcome Trust
- Mahidol University
- National Research Council of Thailand