Advancements in Journal of Urology and Nephrology(AJUN)
ISSN: 2689-8616 | DOI: 10.33140/AJUN
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Nguedia Jules Clement Assob
Faculty of Health Sciences-University of Buea, Cameroon
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Research Article
Comparative Evaluation of the Diagnostic Performance Characteristics of a One-Step Urine Malaria Test (UMT) against Rapid Diagnostic Tests (RDT) in Febrile Patients from Fako Division, Cameroon
Author(s): Nforbugwe Achu Che Awah*, Bihnwi Rengerline Nchotu, Agnes Djema Bongah and Nguedia Jules Clement Assob
Background: Presently, all malaria diagnostic methods like: microscopy and Rapid Diagnostic Tests are invasive as they depend on blood samples for malaria diagnosis. Hence this study was aimed at comparing the diagnostic performance characteristics of the novel UMT to the currently used Blood RDT, and to find out the efficacy of this UMT in detecting low parasitemia in the study population. Methodology: A cross sectional study involving 200 febrile participants, with no signs and symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis, kidney diseases, no history of hematuria, >15/µl leucocytes and urobilinogens of >1 mg/dl in their urine, were recruited from the month of April to August 2017 in the Limbe and Buea Regional Hospitals. The main samples requested for analyses were urine and blood. Results: Using the blood smear .. Read More»