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Despite 13\u2005months of storage at ambient temperature (28\u201347\u200a\u00b0C), the GP antigen mean titres obtained from these 308 patients were no different from those that were FD (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>=0.945) and stored under similar conditions, but were significantly different (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>=0.019) from those that were FF and kept continuously at the optimum temperature for storage (4\u20138\u200a\u00b0C). Taking the parasitological result as the gold standard and using a pre-established titre of 1\u200a:\u200a3200 as the DAT cut-off, the GP antigen revealed a sensitivity (91\/105, 86.7\u200a%) and specificity (187\/203, 92.1\u200a%) comparable to that of FD antigen (92\/105, 87.6\u200a%, and 188\/203, 92.6\u200a%, respectively) and FF antigen (94\/105, 89.5\u200a%, and 188\/203, 92.6\u200a%, respectively). At a titre range of 1\u200a:\u200a400\u20131\u200a:\u200a800, statistically determined as the optimum cut-off for the three antigens, sensitivities of 92.4, 90.5 and 96.2\u200a% and specificities of 90.6, 90.1 and 88.7\u200a% were achieved for the GP, FD and FF antigens, respectively, at a peripheral hospital. Regardless of the antigen preparation used, DAT results obtained in the peripheral hospital were highly reproducible in the central laboratory in Omdurman (weighted kappa: GP=0.957, FD=0.979 and FF=0.936). 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