Diagnosis of gestational, congenital, and placental malaria in colombia: Comparison of the efficacy of microscopy, nested polymerase chain reaction, and histopathology

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 929-935

  Campos, Ivón M ^a   Uribe, Mary L ^a   Cuesta, Carolina ^a   Franco Gallego, Alexander ^a   Carmona Fonseca, Jaime ^a   Maestre, Amanda ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; COLOMBIA; CONGENITAL MALARIA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL MALARIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MATERNAL BLOOD; MICROSCOPY; NESTED POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PLACENTA; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PLACENTAL MALARIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; COLOMBIA; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MICROSCOPY; PLACENTA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958722744     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2011.10-0507     Document Type: Article

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