MATUR BM
Dept Of Biological Science, University Of Abuja
Prevalence Of Plasmodium In Parts Of North Central Nigeria
The prevalence of Plasmodium in parts of North Central of Nigeria was carried out in selected hospitals in Benue, Nasarawa, Niger states and FCT. A total of 1000 samples were analysed out of which 545 (54.50%) were from females and 455 (45.50%) were from males. A total of 241 patients were positive using microscopy giving a prevalence rate of 24.10%

MATUR BM
Dept Of Biological Science, University Of Abuja
Evaluation Of Four Rapid Diagnostic Tests (rdts) Under Different Temperature Regimens
The four test kits – CareStart, SD Bioline, Global device and LabAcon- were incubated for 90 days at various temperature ranges: 2-8°C, 25°C, 37°C, 45°C and 55°C, and tested with both low (200parasites/µl) and high (2000 parasites/µl) parasitaemia panels. The control and test bands were measured at various parasitaemia levels. The four kits were found to be heat stable at

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