Stabilization of RDT target antigens present in dried Plasmodium falciparum-infected samples for validating malaria rapid diagnostic tests at the point of care

Table 2 Selected chemical additives for stabilization of malaria RDT target antigens

Product name	Abbreviation	Concentration used	Manufacturer
Sucrose	Suc	0.5 M	Sigma-Aldrich, MO, USA
Glycerol/sucrose	Gly/Suc	0.5 M and 10%	Sigma-Aldrich, MO, USA
Alsever’s/sucrose	Als/Suc	100% w/v and 0.5 M	Fisher Scientific, USA & Sigma-Aldrich, MO, USA
Trehalose	Treh	0.5 M	Fisher-Scientific, USA
Sucrose/trehalose	Suc/Treh	0.5 and 0.5 M	Fisher-Scientific, USA & Sigma-Aldrich, MO, USA
Glycerol/Trehalose	Gly/Treh	10% and 0.5 M	Fisher-Scientific, USA & Sigma-Aldrich, MO, USA
Trehalose/biostab	Treh/Bio	0.5 M and 5% w/v	Fisher-Scientific, USA
Biostab/sucrose	Bio/Suc	5% w/v and 0.5 M	Sigma-Aldrich, MO, USA
LDH stabilizer	LDH Stab	100% W/v	The Gwent Group, UK
LDH stabilizer/trehalose	LDH Stab/Treh	100% w/v and 0.5 M	Fisher-Scientific, USA & The Gwent Group, UK

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