Serum biomarkers for the diagnosis of malaria, bacterial and viral infections in children living in malaria-endemic areas

Drugs of Today

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 63-75

  Diez Padrisa N ^a   Bassat, Quique ^a,b,c   Roca, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^c Manhiça Health Research Center   (Mozambique)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOPOIETIN 1; ANGIOPOIETIN 2; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CD163 ANTIGEN; ENDOGLIN; ENDOTHELIAL LEUKOCYTE ADHESION MOLECULE 1; ERYTHROPOIETIN; FAS LIGAND; GAMMA INTERFERON INDUCIBLE PROTEIN 10; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP B1 PROTEIN; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE BINDING PROTEIN; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; PROCALCITONIN; SERUM AMYLOID A; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UROKINASE RECEPTOR; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIMALARIAL DRUG RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PEDIATRICS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RAPID DIAGNOSTIC TEST; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS; SEROLOGY; SERUM; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS LOAD;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; HUMANS; MALARIA; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 79955561908     PISSN: 16993993     EISSN: 16994019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1358/dot.2011.47.1.1534821     Document Type: Review

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