Field evaluation of the ICT Malaria P.f/P.v immunochromatographic test for diagnosis of Plasmodium falciparum and P.vivax infection in forest villages of Chhindwara, central India

Authors: Singh N.; Saxena A.; Valecha N.

Source: Tropical Medicine & International Health, Volume 5, Number 11, November 2000 , pp. 765-770(6)

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Abstract:

A rapid new immunochromatographic test (ICT malaria P.f/P.v) for diagnosis of Plasmodium falciparum and P.vivax was evaluated against thick blood smears in forest villages of Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh, where both Plasmodium falciparum and P.vivax are prevalent. 344 symptomatic patients (Gond ethnic tribe) in five villages were screened by field staff of the Malaria Research Centre in October 1999. For P.falciparum, the ICT was 97.5% sensitive and 88% specific, with a positive predictive value (PPV) of 87.6% and a negative predictive value (NPV) of 97.6%. For P.vivax the sensitivity was only 72%, the specificity 99%, with a PPV of 92% and an NPV of 96%. Although a negative test result was inadequate to exclude parasitaemia  300/l for P.falciparum and  1500/l for P.vivax, the test is potentially useful in remote areas.

Language: English

Document Type: Research article

Publication date: 2000-11-01

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