Prevalence of PCR detectable malaria infection among febrile patients with a negative plasmodium falciparum specific rapid diagnostic test in Zanzibar

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 289-291

  Baltzell, Kimberly A ^a   Shakely, Deler ^b   Hsiang, Michelle ^c   Kemere, Jordan ^d   Ali, Abdullah Suleiman ^e   Björkman, Anders ^b   Mårtensson, Andreas ^b   Omar, Rahila ^e   Elfving, Kristina ^b   Msellem, Mwinyi ^e   Aydin Schmidt, Berit ^b   Rosenthal, Philip J ^c   Greenhouse, Bryan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Ministry of Health Zanzibar   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOCHROME B GENE; FEMALE; FEVER; GENE; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALARIA RAPID TEST; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING TEST; TANZANIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TANZANIA; TRAVEL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874037214     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2012.12-0095     Document Type: Article

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