Performance of PfHRP2-RDT for malaria diagnosis during the first year of life in a high malaria transmission area in Burkina Faso

Hamtandi Magloire Natama, Tiampan Edwig Traoré, Toussaint Rouamba, M Athanase Somé, Serge Henri Zango, Eduard Rovira-Vallbona, Hermann Sorgho, Pieter Guetens, Maminata Coulibaly-Traoré, Innocent Valéa, Halidou Tinto, Anna Rosanas-Urgell

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Abstract

In this study, we evaluated the performance of a P. falciparum Histidine Rich Protein 2 (PfHRP2)-based rapid diagnostic test (RDT) used for malaria case detection (SD-Bioline malaria RDT P.f®) along with light microscopy (LM) against qPCR among children during the first year of life in a high and seasonal malaria transmission area in Burkina Faso. A total of 723 suspected malaria cases (including multiple episodes) that occurred among 414 children participating in a birth-cohort study were included in the present analysis. Factors including age at the time of malaria screening, transmission season and parasite densities were investigated for their potential influence in the performance of the RDT. Clinical malaria cases as detected by RDT, LM and qPCR were 63.8%, 41.5% and 49.8%, respectively. Compared with qPCR, RDT had a false-positive results rate of 26.7%, resulting in an overall accuracy of 79.9% with a sensitivity of 93%, a specificity of 66.1%, a Positive Predictive Value of 73.3% and a Negative Predictive Value of 91.6%. Its specificity differed significantly between high and low transmission seasons (53.7% vs 79.8%; P < 0.001) and decreased with increasing age (80.6-62%; P for trend = 0.024). The overall accuracy of LM was 91.1% and its performance was not significantly influenced by transmission season or age. These findings highlight the need to adapt malaria diagnostic tools recommendations to face the challenge of adequate malaria detection in this population group living in high burden and seasonal malaria transmission settings.

Original languageEnglish
JournalJournal of Parasitic Diseases
Volume47
Issue number2
Pages (from-to)280-289
Number of pages10
ISSN0971-7196
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023

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