| diagnosis of imported malaria by plasmodium lactate dehydrogenase (pldh) and histidine-rich protein 2 (pfhrp-2)-based immunocapture assays. | this study was conducted to evaluate the performance of two rapid non-microscopic assays: plasmodium lactate dehydrogenase (pldh) assay (optimal) and plasmodium falciparum histidine-rich protein 2 (pfhrp-2) assay (ict malaria). the assays were used to detect malaria infection in 515 immigrants living in kuwait. the performance of both assays was compared to that of microscopy of giemsa-stained thick blood films and to each other. of the 515 patients tested, 163 were positive for malaria parasite ... | 2001 | 11425156 |