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Evaluation of Rapid Diagnosis Tests in Imported Malaria

NCT00451269 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 1297

Last updated 2011-02-21

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The annual number of cases of clinical malaria worldwide is estimated to be 300-500 million leading to 1.5 million deaths. Delayed care and frequent drug resistance of Plasmodium falciparum (Pf), the most frequent form of malaria, is responsible for these deaths. Each year, 5000-8000 travellers return to France with malaria, 4/5 from Africa and with Pf. Clinical features associated with a malaria crisis are poorly predictive and misdiagnosis can be easily made. Diagnosis of accurate malaria rely on microscopic examination of stained thin and thick blood films by a well trained microscopist. Few emergency wards are specialized for tropical diseases. For most of them, malaria is a rare disease and hours are lost before accurate microscopy can permit the decision

Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

Rapid diagnosis test for malaria

Rapid diagnosis test for malaria

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Sophie MATHERON, MD · Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-04-30
Primary Completion
2010-01-31
Completion
2010-01-31

Countries

  • France

Study Locations

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