Direct blood PCR in combination with nucleic acid lateral flow immunoassay for detection of Plasmodium species in settings where malaria is endemic

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 3520-3525

  Mens, P F ^a   De Bes, H M ^a   Sondo, P ^b   Laochan, N ^c,d   Keereecharoen, L ^c,d   Van Amerongen, A ^e   Flint, J ^f   Sak, J R S ^c,d   Proux, S ^c,d   Tinto, H ^b   Schallig, H D F H ^a  

^a ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Sante   (Burkina Faso)

^c SHOKLO MALARIA RESEARCH UNIT   (Thailand)

^d MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^e WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f Forsite Diagnostics Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD BANK; BURKINA FASO; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MICROSCOPY; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; NUCLEIC ACID LATERAL FLOW IMMUNOASSAY; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM OVALE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SUDANESE; THAILAND; TRAVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867500675     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01426-12     Document Type: Article

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