Malaria rapid diagnostic test performance
Subtitle: results of WHO product testing of malaria RDTs : round 2 (2009)
Contributors: Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases; Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
Publisher: World Health Organization on behalf of the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Geneva
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 86
ISBN-13: 9789241599467
Subjects: Parasite antigens; Testing; Plasmodium; Rapid methods (Microbiology); Malaria; Microbiology; Diagnosis; Evaluation; Statistics; Laboratory Diagnosis; Antimalarials; Therapeutic use; Routine Diagnostic Tests; Drug therapy; Diagnostic Reagent Kits; Utilization; Sensitivity and Specificity
Description: "This Summary presents an overview of the results of the first and second rounds of WHO product testing of malaria antigen-detecting RDTs completed in 2008 and 2009 respectively, and is published in conjunction with the release of the results of Round 2. The results of the two rounds of testing should be considered as a single data set, and the full reports of both Rounds 1 and 2 consulted for further detail on product performance, and on the interpretation and use of these results." - p. 1
Notes: "DOI: 10.2471/TDR.09.978-924-1599467"

"The RDT evaluations summarized here were performed as a collaboration between WHO, TDR, FIND, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and other partners."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 46).

Mode of access: World Wide Web as an Acrobat .pdf file (5.4MB, 100 p.).
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgements; title: Abbreviations; title: 1. Summary peformance of malaria RDTs: WHO product testing : Rounds 1 and 2; title: 2. WHO malaria RDT product testing: Round 2 executive summary; title: 3. Background; title: 4. Objective; title: 5. Materials and methods; title: 6. Data management; title: 7. Quality assurance; title: 8. Ethical considerations; title: 9. Data analysis; title: 10. Laboratory versus field-based malaria RDT evaluations; title: 11. Results; title: 12. Heat stability; title: 13. Ease of use description; title: 14. Discussion of key findings; title: 15. Using these results to ensure quality of diagnosis in the field; title: 16. Conclusions; title: 17. References; title: Annex 1: Characteristics of malaria rapid diagnostic tests in the evaluation; title: Annex 2: Malaria RDT guide to results interpretation; title: Annex 3: Phase 1 results; title: Annex 4: Phase 2 results; title: Annex 5: Example algorithm for selecting a malaria RDT; title: Annex 6: Introducing RDT-based malaria diagnosis into national programmes