Short report: Large variation in detection of histidine-rich protein 2 in Plasmodium falciparum isolates from Colombia

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 834-837

  Pava, Zuleima ^a   Echeverry, Diego F ^a   Díaz, Gustavo ^a   Murillo, Claribel ^a  

^a CENTRO INTERNACIONAL DE ENTRENAMIENTO E INVESTIGACIONES MÉDICAS CIDEIM   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTIDINE; HISTIDINE RICH PROTEIN 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HRP 2 ANTIGEN, PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; HRP-2 ANTIGEN, PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD SMEAR; COLOMBIA; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RAPID DIAGNOSTIC TEST; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; COLOMBIA; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC VARIATION; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79958065583     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.10-0075     Document Type: Article

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