Evaluation of malaria screening in newly arrived refugees to the United States by microscopy and rapid antigen capture enzyme assay

William M. Stauffer; Ashley M. Newberry; Charles P. Cartwright; Jon E. Rosenblatt; Kevan L. Hanson; Lynne Sloan; Dean T. Tsukayama; Charlotte Taylor; Billie Anne Juni

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Evaluation of malaria screening in newly arrived refugees to the United States by microscopy and rapid antigen capture enzyme assay

William M. Stauffer
, Ashley M. Newberry
, Charles P. Cartwright
, Jon E. Rosenblatt
, Kevan L. Hanson
, Lynne Sloan
, Dean T. Tsukayama
, Charlotte Taylor
, Billie Anne Juni

Medicine - Infectious Disease and International Medicine

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Before an empiric malaria treatment program, >60% of Liberian refugees had malaria on arrival to Minnesota. We compared microscopy with rapid antigen testing for detecting asymptomatic parasitemia. Nine of 103 (8.7%) had malaria by polymerase chain reaction (blood smear and rapid testing had a sensitivity of 22%). The empiric treatment program has decreased the rate of imported asymptomatic malaria. Blood film and rapid antigen testing are poor screening tests.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	948-950
Number of pages	3
Journal	Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
Volume	25
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/01.inf.0000235747.28644.6f
State	Published - Oct 2006

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Africa
Malaria
Medical screening
Refugees

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Stauffer, W. M., Newberry, A. M., Cartwright, C. P., Rosenblatt, J. E., Hanson, K. L., Sloan, L., Tsukayama, D. T., Taylor, C., & Juni, B. A. (2006). Evaluation of malaria screening in newly arrived refugees to the United States by microscopy and rapid antigen capture enzyme assay. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 25(10), 948-950. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.inf.0000235747.28644.6f

Stauffer, WM, Newberry, AM, Cartwright, CP, Rosenblatt, JE, Hanson, KL, Sloan, L, Tsukayama, DT, Taylor, C & Juni, BA 2006, 'Evaluation of malaria screening in newly arrived refugees to the United States by microscopy and rapid antigen capture enzyme assay', Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, vol. 25, no. 10, pp. 948-950. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.inf.0000235747.28644.6f

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