Is molecular biology the best alternative for diagnosis of malaria to microscopy? A comparison between microscopy, antigen detection and molecular tests in rural Kenya and urban Tanzania

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 238-244

  Mens, P ^a,b   Spieker, N ^c   Omar, S ^d   Heijnen, M ^a   Schallig, H ^a   Kager, P A ^b  

^a ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Tanzania)

^d KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Antigen capture assays; Diagnostics; Malaria; Nucleic acid sequence based amplification; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; CHILD HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DETECTION METHOD; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; IMMUNOASSAY; MALARIA; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PARASITE INFESTATION; PARASITIC DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMODIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TANZANIA;

ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; KENYA; MALARIA; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PARASITE EGG COUNT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL HEALTH; TANZANIA; URBAN HEALTH;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

PLASMODIUM PARASITES;

EID: 33846999361     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2006.01779.x     Document Type: Article

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