[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 …

Systematic review of the status of pfhrp2 and pfhrp3 gene deletion, approaches and methods used for its estimation and reporting in Plasmodium falciparum …

BB Agaba, A Yeka, S Nsobya, E Arinaitwe… - Malaria journal, 2019 - Springer
Background Malaria rapid diagnostic tests based on histidine-rich protein-2 have played a
vital role in improving malaria case management and surveillance particularly in Africa …

Plasmodium falciparum is evolving to escape malaria rapid diagnostic tests in Ethiopia

SM Feleke, EN Reichert, H Mohammed… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
In Africa, most rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) for falciparum malaria recognize histidine-rich
protein 2 antigen. Plasmodium falciparum parasites lacking histidine-rich protein 2 (pfhrp2) …

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 …

Detection of high prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum histidine-rich protein 2/3 gene deletions in Assosa zone, Ethiopia: implication for malaria diagnosis

GS Alemayehu, K Blackburn, K Lopez… - Malaria journal, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Background Rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) targeting histidine rich protein 2 (HRP2)
are widely used for diagnosis of Plasmodium falciparum infections. Besides PfHRP2, the …

Widespread pfhrp2/3 deletions and HRP2-based false-negative results in southern Ethiopia

B Mekonen, S Dugassa, SM Feleke, B Dufera, B Gidisa… - Malaria Journal, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Background Rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) play a significant role in expanding case
management in peripheral healthcare systems. Histidine-rich protein-2 (HRP2) antigen …

Emergence of artemisinin-based combination treatment failure in patients returning from sub-Saharan Africa with P. falciparum malaria

T Grossman, J Vainer, Y Paran… - Journal of Travel …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Background Artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs) are recommended as first-line
treatment against uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum infection. Mutations in the …

Analysis of false-negative rapid diagnostic tests for symptomatic malaria in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

JB Parr, E Kieto, F Phanzu, P Mansiangi… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
The majority of Plasmodium falciparum malaria diagnoses in Africa are made using rapid
diagnostic tests (RDTs) that detect histidine-rich protein 2. Increasing reports of false …

Prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum field isolates with deletions in histidine-rich protein 2 and 3 genes in context with sub-Saharan Africa and India: a systematic …

LP Kojom, V Singh - Malaria journal, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Background In 2017, nearly 80% of malaria morbidity and mortality occurred in sub-
Saharan African (SSA) countries and India. Rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs), especially those …