Performance of a prototype malaria rapid diagnostic test versus thick film microscopy among HIV-positive subjects in rural Rakai, Uganda

Lisa A. Mills, Joseph Kagaayi, Joseph P. Shott, Kevin Newell, John Baptist Bwanika, Victor Ssempijja, Simon Aluma, Thomas C. Quinn, Steven J. Reynolds, Ronald H. Gray

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Abstract

In this study, we report the performance of a prototype malaria rapid diagnostic test, Malaria F-test (MFT), compared with thick blood films from HIV-positive Ugandans undergoing malaria testing. In total, 21/154 samples (13.6%) were concordantly positive by both thick film and MFT and 129/154 samples (83.8%) were concordantly negative; 1 sample (0.6%) was thick film-positive but MFT-negative and 3 samples (1.9%) were thick film-negative but MFT-positive. The sensitivity of MFT was 95.5% (95% CI 77.2-99.9%) compared with thick film microscopy and the specificity was 97.7% (95% CI 93.5-99.5%). MFT was simple, rapid and effective for detection of Plasmodium falciparum among HIV-positive subjects in a rural, malaria-endemic African setting.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)237-239
Number of pages3
JournalTransactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume104
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2010
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Africa
  • Diagnosis
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Malaria
  • Rapid diagnostic test
  • Uganda

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Parasitology
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Infectious Diseases

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