Field Evaluation of Cholkit Rapid Diagnostic Test for Vibrio Cholerae O1 during a Cholera Outbreak in Malawi, 2018

Innocent Chibwe; Watipaso Kasambara; Mathews Kagoli; Harry Milala; Charity Gondwe; Andrew S. Azman

doi:10.1093/ofid/ofaa493

Field Evaluation of Cholkit Rapid Diagnostic Test for Vibrio Cholerae O1 during a Cholera Outbreak in Malawi, 2018

Innocent Chibwe, Watipaso Kasambara, Mathews Kagoli, Harry Milala, Charity Gondwe, Andrew S. Azman

Bloomberg School of Public Health

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Abstract

Rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) for cholera are an important emerging tool for surveillance, yet the currently available tests have several limitations. We assess the performance of a new RDT, Cholkit, during a cholera outbreak in Malawi compared with culture and find a sensitivity of 93.0% (95% CI, 83.0%-98.1%) and a specificity of 95.7% (95% CI, 78.1%-100.0%).

Original language	English (US)
Article number	ofaa493
Journal	Open Forum Infectious Diseases
Volume	7
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaa493
State	Published - Nov 1 2020

Keywords

cholera
malawi
rapid test
vibrio cholerae

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Oncology
Clinical Neurology

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