Detectable malaria in Costa Verde, Rio de Janeiro: concordant plasma and whole-blood pooled NAT screening with downstream species typing

Key Points

• The aim is to assess the effectiveness of nucleic acid testing for malaria in plasma and whole blood samples.
• Concordant screening using pooled nucleic acid testing (NAT)
• Species typing conducted on positive samples
• Assessment of screening efficacy in a specific region
• Significant detection of malaria in pooled samples
• High concordance between plasma and whole-blood testing
• Effective species typing of detected malaria parasites