Malaria prevalence defined by microscopy, antigen detection, DNA amplification and total nucleic acid amplification in a malaria-endemic region during the peak malaria transmission season

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 786-793

  Waitumbi, John N ^a   Gerlach, Jay ^b   Afonina, Irina ^c   Anyona, Samuel B ^a   Koros, Joseph N ^a   Siangla, Joram ^a   Ankoudinova, Irina ^c   Singhal, Mitra ^b   Watts, Kate ^b   Polhemus, Mark E ^a   Vermeulen, Nicolaas M ^c   Mahoney, Walt ^c   Steele, Matt ^b   Domingo, Gonzalo J ^b  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b PATH   (United States)

^c Nanogen Inc USA   (United States)

Author keywords

Malaria; Molecular diagnostics; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

FRUCTOSE BISPHOSPHATE ALDOLASE;

ANTIGEN; BLOOD; CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MALARIA; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN; SUBPOPULATION;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEVER; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; KENYA; MALARIA; MICROSCOPY; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD;

ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; FRUCTOSE-BISPHOSPHATE ALDOLASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; KENYA; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, PROTOZOAN;

KENYA;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 79958833281     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2011.02773.x     Document Type: Article

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