Mass blood survey for malaria: Pooling and real-time PCR combined with expert microscopy in north-west Thailand

Malaria Journal

Volumn 11, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Congpuong, Kanungnit ^a,d   Saejeng, Aungkana ^b   Sug Aram, Rungniran ^a   Aruncharus, Supannee ^a   Darakapong, Ampai ^a   Meshnick, Steven R ^c   Satimai, Wichai ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

^b Office of Disease Prevention and Control   (Thailand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d BANSOMDEJCHAOPRAYA RAJABHAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CHILD; EXPERT MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE INFECTION; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING; THAILAND;

BLOOD; CARRIER STATE; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; MICROSCOPY; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THAILAND;

EID: 84865092908     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-11-288     Document Type: Article

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