BACKGROUND We assessed if histidine-rich-protein-2 (HRP2) based rapid diagnostic test (RDT) remains an efficient tool for Plasmodium falciparum case detection among fever patients in Zanzibar and if primary health care workers continue to adhere to RDT results in the new epidemiological context of low malaria transmission. Further, we evaluated the performance of RDT within the newly adopted in...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of remaining dentin thickness (RDT) on resin composite bond strength to dentin surfaces when using various adhesive systems. One of three adhesives, Clearfil SE Bond, Single Bond or Clearfil Tri-S Bond, followed by Z100 resin composite were built up on flat dentin surfaces of human molars. The teeth were sectioned obtaining beams with crosssectio...

In Australia, roadside drug testing (RDT) is the chief means used to deter drug driving. Although it runs along similar lines to the more established method of random breath testing (RBT), it is considerably more expensive. Given the high cost in equipment and resources to undertake RDT, many jurisdictions have conducted reviews of the effectiveness and operations of their RDT program. Reviews ...

Recursive Diagonal Torus (RDT) is a class of interconnection network consisting of recursively overlaid twodimensional square diagonal tori for massively parallel computers with up to 2 nodes. Connection structures of the RDT vary according to the assignment of upper rank diagonal tori into a node. Although traditional simple assignment called RDT(2,4,1)/ shows enough performance under the unif...

Isotropic compressible turbulence subjected to rapid isotropic compression is studied using inviscid rapid distortion theory ~RDT! and direct numerical simulation. An exact solution to the rapid distortion problem is given. Comparisons are made between the simulation results and the RDT solution, as well as previously studied limiting cases of the RDT solution. The comparisons illustrate the ra...

BACKGROUND Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) in Sri Lanka is caused by Leishmania donovani. This study assessed the diagnostic value of a new rapid diagnostic immunochromatographic strip (CL-Detect™ IC-RDT), that captures the peroxidoxin antigen of Leishmania amastigotes. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS We sampled 74 clinically suspected CL lesions, of which 59 (79.7%) were positive by PCR, 43 (58....

INTRODUCTION Use of malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) has improved the management of this disease. We evaluated the validity of the SD-Bioline Malaria-Ag-Pf/Pan™ (Batch 60952) RDT supplied by the Malaria Control Program of the DRCongo. METHODS cChildren (n = 460) aged below 5 years seen in curative care (CC) for suspected malaria and in pre-school consultation (PSC) in two rural centers u...

BACKGROUND WHO now recommends test-based management of malaria across all transmission settings. The accuracy of rapid diagnostic test (RDT) and the outcome of treatment based on the result of tests will influence acceptability of and adherence to the new guidelines. METHOD We conducted a study at the Kintampo hospital in rural Ghana to evaluate the performance of CareStart, a HRP-2 based RDT...

We developed a Rapid Diagnostic Test (RDT) kit for detecting IgG/IgM antibodies against Zika virus (ZIKV) using monoclonal antibodies to the envelope (E) and non-structural protein 1 (NS1) of ZIKV. These proteins were produced using baculovirus expression vector with Sf9 cells. Monoclonal antibodies J2G7 to NS1 and J5E1 to E protein were selected and conjugated with colloidal gold to produce th...