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Heidi Hopkins
Researcher at University of London
Publications - 48
Citations - 1670
Heidi Hopkins is an academic researcher from University of London. The author has contributed to research in topics: Malaria & Plasmodium falciparum. The author has an hindex of 20, co-authored 44 publications receiving 1418 citations. Previous affiliations of Heidi Hopkins include Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics & Makerere University.
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Highly Sensitive Detection of Malaria Parasitemia in a Malaria-Endemic Setting: Performance of a New Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Kit in a Remote Clinic in Uganda
Heidi Hopkins,Iveth J. González,Spencer D. Polley,Patrick Angutoko,John Ategeka,Caroline Asiimwe,Bosco Agaba,Daniel J Kyabayinze,Colin J. Sutherland,Mark D. Perkins,David Bell +10 more
TL;DR: Malaria LAMP dramatically lowers the detection threshold achievable in malaria-endemic settings, providing a new tool for diagnosis, surveillance, and screening in elimination strategies.
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Rapid diagnostic tests for malaria at sites of varying transmission intensity in Uganda.
Heidi Hopkins,Lisa M. Bebell,Wilson Kambale,Christian Dokomajilar,Philip J. Rosenthal,Grant Dorsey +5 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors compared RDTs based on histidine-rich protein 2 (HRP2) and RDT based on Plasmodium lactate dehydrogenase (pLDH) with expert microscopy and PCR-corrected microscopy for 7000 patients at sites of varying malaria transmission intensity across Uganda.
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Impact of home-based management of malaria on health outcomes in Africa: a systematic review of the evidence
TL;DR: The evidence base for HMM in Africa, particularly regarding use of ACTs, is narrow and priorities for further research are discussed.
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Comparison of HRP2- and pLDH-based rapid diagnostic tests for malaria with longitudinal follow-up in Kampala, Uganda.
Heidi Hopkins,Wilson Kambale,Moses R. Kamya,Sarah G. Staedke,Grant Dorsey,Philip J. Rosenthal +5 more
TL;DR: Compared the diagnostic accuracy of histidine-rich protein 2- and plasmodium lactate dehydrogenase-based RDTs, using expert microscopy as the gold standard, in a longitudinal study of 918 fever episodes over an 8-month period in a cohort of children in Kampala, Uganda, finding either test could dramatically decrease inappropriate presumptive treatments.
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Plasmodium falciparum parasites with histidine-rich protein 2 (pfhrp2) and pfhrp3 gene deletions in two endemic regions of Kenya.
Khalid B. Beshir,Nuno Sepúlveda,Nuno Sepúlveda,Jameel Bharmal,Ailie Robinson,Julian Mwanguzi,Annette O. Busula,Annette O. Busula,Jetske G. de Boer,Colin J. Sutherland,Jane Cunningham,Heidi Hopkins +11 more
TL;DR: Parasites lacking pfhrp2 are present in Kenya, but may be detectable by HRP-based RDT at higher parasitaemia, possibly due to the presence of intact pFhrp3.