Comparison of PfHRP-2/pLDH ELISA, qPCR and Microscopy for the Detection of Plasmodium Events and Prediction of Sick Visits during a Malaria Vaccine Study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Bashir, Ismail Mahat ^a,b   Otsyula, Nekoye ^a   Awinda, George ^a   Spring, Michele ^b   Schneider, Petra ^c   Waitumbi, John Njenga ^a  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HISTIDINE RICH PROTEIN 2; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MICROSCOPY; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE LOAD; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE INFECTION; PLASMODIUM OVALE MALARIA; PREDICTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECIES COMPOSITION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALARIA VACCINES; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84875041873     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0056828     Document Type: Article

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