Prevalence of Plasmodium spp. in malaria asymptomatic African migrants assessed by nucleic acid sequence based amplification

Malaria Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Marangi, Marianna ^a   Di Tullio, Rocco ^b   Mens, Pètra F ^c   Martinelli, Domenico ^a   Fazio, Vincenzina ^b   Angarano, Gioacchino ^b   Schallig, Henk D F H ^c   Giangaspero, Annunziata ^a   Scotto, Gaetano ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^b OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

^c ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA; MESSENGER RNA; PFS25 PROTEIN, PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; RNA 18S;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; ASIA; CENTRAL AMERICA; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GAMETOCYTE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCE BASED AMPLIFICATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SOCIAL CLASS; SOUTH AMERICA; TROPICS; ZOONOSIS; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; ETHNOLOGY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIGRATION; NEGRO; PARASITEMIA; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM OVALE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALARIA; MALE; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM OVALE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SELF-SUSTAINED SEQUENCE REPLICATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60549115444     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-8-12     Document Type: Article

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