Routine parallel diagnosis of malaria using microscopy and the malaria rapid diagnostic test SD 05FK60: the experience of Médecins Sans Frontières in Myanmar.

Background: Malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) are commonly used in Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) programmes to detect acute malaria infection. Programmes in regions with both Plasmodium falciparum and non-falciparum malaria (i.e.