[HTML][HTML] HRP2: transforming malaria diagnosis, but with caveats

KE Poti, DJ Sullivan, AM Dondorp, CJ Woodrow - Trends in parasitology, 2020‏ - cell.com
The major growth in point-of-care malaria diagnosis over the past decade has been based
on immunochromatographic malaria rapid diagnostic tests (mRDTs), which generally detect …

Genetic diversity and deletion of Plasmodium falciparum histidine-rich protein 2 and 3: a threat to diagnosis of P. falciparum malaria

M Gendrot, R Fawaz, J Dormoi, M Madamet… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Background PfHRP2-based rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs), based on the recognition of the
Plasmodium falciparum histidine-rich protein 2, are currently the most used tests in malaria …

An open dataset of Plasmodium falciparum genome variation in 7,000 worldwide samples

A Ahouidi, M Ali, J Almagro-Garcia… - Wellcome open …, 2021‏ - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
MalariaGEN is a data-sharing network that enables groups around the world to work
together on the genomic epidemiology of malaria. Here we describe a new release of …

Major threat to malaria control programs by Plasmodium falciparum lacking histidine-rich protein 2, Eritrea

A Berhane, K Anderson, S Mihreteab… - Emerging infectious …, 2018‏ - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
False-negative results for Plasmodium falciparum histidine-rich protein (HRP) 2–based
rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) are increasing in Eritrea. We investigated HRP gene 2/3 …

High-throughput Plasmodium falciparum hrp2 and hrp3 gene deletion ty** by digital PCR to monitor malaria rapid diagnostic test efficacy

CA Vera-Arias, A Holzschuh, CO Oduma, K Badu… - Elife, 2022‏ - elifesciences.org
Most rapid diagnostic tests for Plasmodium falciparum malaria target the Histidine-Rich
Proteins 2 and 3 (HRP2 and HRP3). Deletions of the hrp2 and hrp3 genes result in false …

Prevalence of pfhrp2 and/or pfhrp3 Gene Deletion in Plasmodium falciparum Population in Eight Highly Endemic States in India

PK Bharti, HS Chandel, A Ahmad, S Krishna… - PloS one, 2016‏ - journals.plos.org
Background Plasmodium falciparum encoded histidine rich protein (HRP2) based malaria
rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) are used in India. Deletion of pfhrp2 and pfhrp3 genes …

Independent Emergence of the Plasmodium falciparum Kelch Propeller Domain Mutant Allele C580Y in Guyana

SM Chenet, S Akinyi Okoth, CS Huber… - The Journal of …, 2016‏ - academic.oup.com
Suspected artemisinin resistance in Plasmodium falciparum can be explored by examining
polymorphisms in the Kelch (PfK13) propeller domain. Sequencing of PfK13 and other gene …

Plasmodium falciparum histidine rich protein-2 diversity and the implications for PfHRP 2: based malaria rapid diagnostic tests in Ghana

LE Amoah, J Abankwa, A Oppong - Malaria journal, 2016‏ - Springer
Background Malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) play a key role in malaria management
and control. The PfHRP-2 based RDT is the most widely used RDT for malaria diagnosis in …

Plasmodium falciparum pfhrp2 and pfhrp3 gene deletions among patients enrolled at 100 health facilities throughout Tanzania: February to July 2021

E Rogier, N Battle, C Bakari, MD Seth, D Nace… - Scientific Reports, 2024‏ - nature.com
Plasmodium falciparum with the histidine rich protein 2 gene (pfhrp2) deleted from its
genome can escape diagnosis by HRP2-based rapid diagnostic tests (HRP2-RDTs). The …

Plasmodium falciparum pfhrp2 and pfhrp3 gene deletions and relatedness to other global isolates, Djibouti, 2019–2020

E Rogier, JN McCaffery, MA Mohamed… - Emerging Infectious …, 2022‏ - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Deletions of pfhrp2 and paralogue pfhrp3 (pfhrp2/3) genes threaten Plasmodium falciparum
diagnosis by rapid diagnostic test. We examined 1,002 samples from suspected malaria …