Rapid Diagnostic Tests for Malaria Diagnosis in the Peruvian Amazon: Impact of pfhrp2 Gene Deletions and Cross-Reactions

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Maltha, Jessica ^a   Gamboa, Dionicia ^b,c   Bendezu, Jorge ^b   Sanchez, Luis ^b   Cnops, Lieselotte ^a   Gillet, Philippe ^a   Jacobs, Jan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT   (Peru)

^c UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS REACTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DNA EXTRACTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE DELETION; HISTIDINE RICH PROTEIN 2 GENE; HISTIDINE RICH PROTEIN 3 GENE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIXED INFECTION; PERU; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RAPID DIAGNOSTIC TEST; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, GENETIC; PERU; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

EID: 84865478861     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043094     Document Type: Article

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