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Case Reports
. 2017 Aug;55(8):2294-2297.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.02347-16.

The Brief Case: False-Positive Rapid Malaria Antigen Test Result in a Returned Traveler

Kristle L Haberichter  1 , Paul C Johnson  2   3 , Paul J Chittick  2   3 , Peter Millward  1   3 , Barbara Robinson-Dunn  1   3 , Bobby L Boyanton Jr  4   3
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The Brief Case: False-Positive Rapid Malaria Antigen Test Result in a Returned Traveler

Kristle L Haberichter et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2017 Aug.
No abstract available

Keywords: BinaxNOW malaria; Plasmodium; parasitology; rapid antigen test.

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BinaxNOW malaria test results showing a weakly positive Plasmodium falciparum-specific antigen result (histidine-rich protein 2; T1 band), a negative pan-malaria antigen result (aldolase; T2 band), and a valid control line (C band). P.f., Plasmodium falciparum; P.v., Plasmodium vivax; P.m., Plasmodium malariae; P.o., Plasmodium ovale.
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