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Volume 24, Number 3—March 2018
Research

Major Threat to Malaria Control Programs by Plasmodium falciparum Lacking Histidine-Rich Protein 2, Eritrea

Araia Berhane, Karen F. Anderson, Selam Mihreteab, Karryn Gresty, Eric Rogier, Salih Mohamed, Filmon Hagos, Ghirmay Embaye, Anderson Chinorumba, Assefash Zehaie, Simone Dowd, Norman C. Waters, Michelle L. Gatton, Venkatachalam Udhayakumar, Qin ChengComments to Author , and Jane Cunningham
Author affiliations: Ministry of Health, Asmara, Eritrea (A. Berhane, S. Mihreteab, S. Mohamed, F. Hagos, G. Embaye); Australian Defence Force Malaria and Infectious Disease Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia (K. Anderson, K. Gresty, S. Dowd, Q. Cheng); QIMR–Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane (K. Anderson, K. Gresty, S. Dowd, Q. Cheng); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (E. Rogier, V. Udhayakumar); World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland (A. Chinorumba, J. Cunningham); World Health Organization, Asmara (A. Zehaie); Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA (N.C. Waters); Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane (M.L. Gatton)

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Plasmodium falciparum histidine-rich protein 2–based malaria RDT results and presence or absence of the pfhrp2/pfhrp3 genes, in relation to parasite density, orizontal lines indicate geometric means a,d Eritrea. Horizontal lines indicate geometric means, and error bars indicate 95% CIs. pfhrp, P. falciparum histidine-rich protein; RDT, rapid diagnostic test; – negative; +, positive.

Figure 2. Plasmodium falciparum histidine-rich protein 2–based malaria RDT results and presence or absence of the pfhrp2/pfhrp3 genes, in relation to parasite density, orizontal lines indicate geometric means a,d Eritrea. Horizontal lines indicate geometric means, and error bars indicate 95% CIs. pfhrp, P. falciparum histidine-rich protein; RDT, rapid diagnostic test; – negative; +, positive.

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