Microscopy and molecular biology for the diagnosis and evaluation of malaria in a hospital in a rural area of Ethiopia

Malaria Journal

Volumn 11, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Santana Morales, Maria A ^a   Afonso Lehmann, Raquel N ^a   Quispe, Maria A ^a   Reyes, Francisco ^c   Berzosa, Pedro ^b   Benito, Agustin ^b   Valladares, Basilio ^a   Martinez Carretero, Enrique ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^b Red de Investigación de Centros de Enfermedades Tropicales RICET Madrid   (Spain)

^c Gambo General Rural Hospital   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Ethiopia; Malaria; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DNA EXTRACTION; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; PREVALENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RURAL AREA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RURAL POPULATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862168294     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-11-199     Document Type: Article

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