Post-arrival screening for malaria in asymptomatic refugees using real-time PCR

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 161-165

  Matisz, Chelsea E ^a   Naidu, Prenilla ^b   Shokoples, Sandra E ^a   Grice, Diane ^c   Krinke, Valerie ^c   Brown, Stuart Z ^d   Kowalewska Grochowska, Kinga ^e   Houston, Stan ^b   Yanow, Stephanie K ^b  

^a PROVINCIAL LABORATORY FOR PUBLIC HEALTH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c New Canadians Clinic   (Canada)

^d Dynalife Diagnostic Laboratory Services   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CANADA; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PLASMODIUM OVALE MALARIA; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REFUGEE; RELAPSE; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ADOLESCENT; AGED; CHILD; INFANT; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

PLASMODIUM OVALE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REFUGEES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952260504     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2011.10-0494     Document Type: Article

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