Distinction of Plasmodium falciparum recrudescence and re-infection by MSP2 genotyping: A caution about unstandardized classification criteria

Malaria Journal

Volumn 7, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Rouse, Petrica ^a   Mkulama, Mtawa A P ^b   Thuma, Philip E ^b   Mharakurwa, Sungano ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Malaria Institute at Macha   (Zambia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAROSE; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 2; MOLECULAR MARKER; PRIMER DNA; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 2, PLASMODIUM; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; AGED; ALLELE; AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECRUDESCENCE; REINFECTION; RELAPSE; RELIABILITY; STANDARDIZATION; VOLUNTEER; ANIMAL; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECURRENT DISEASE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECURRENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 52949135492     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-7-185     Document Type: Article

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