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SUBMITTER: Beshir KB
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5677122 | biostudies-other | 2017 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Beshir Khalid B KB Sepúlveda Nuno N Bharmal Jameel J Robinson Ailie A Mwanguzi Julian J Busula Annette Obukosia AO de Boer Jetske Gudrun JG Sutherland Colin C Cunningham Jane J Hopkins Heidi H
Scientific reports 20171107 1
Deletions of the Plasmodium falciparum hrp2 and hrp3 genes can affect the performance of HRP2-based malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs). Such deletions have been reported from South America, India and Eritrea. Whether these parasites are widespread in East Africa is unknown. A total of 274 samples from asymptomatic children in Mbita, western Kenya, and 61 genomic data from Kilifi, eastern Kenya, were available for analysis. PCR-confirmed samples were investigated for the presence of pfhrp2 an ...[more]