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Are rapid diagnostic tests reliable for the detection of malaria in the emergency department?

emermed · 2026-07-21 · canonical JSON source

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A short systematic review assessed the diagnostic accuracy of malaria rapid diagnostic tests in febrile adults from malaria-endemic regions. A database search of MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cochrane and Google Scholar returned 138 papers. Six papers met the inclusion criteria and were included in our analysis.