Comparison of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and peripheral blood smear (PBS) for diagnosis of asymptomatic malaria parasitemia

Iranian Journal of Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 7-9

  Pourmoshtagh, Hassan ^a   Fahimzad, Alireza ^b   Karim, Abdollah ^b  

^a ZANJAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Malaria; PCR; Peripheral blood smear

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD SMEAR; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PARASITEMIA; PERIPHERAL BLOOD SMEAR; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84875309730     PISSN: 17355109     EISSN: 20081081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. Barnett ED. Malaria. In: Feigin RD, editor. Text book of pediatric Infectious Disease. 6th ed. Philadelphia: Saunders; 2009: 2899-2920.
2. Coura JR, Suárez-Mutis M, Ladeia-Andrade S. A new challenge for malaria control in Brazil: asymptomatic Plasmodium infection-a review. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz 2006 May;101(3):229-37.
3. Edrissian GH. Malaria past and present situation in Iran. Iranian J Parasitol 2006; 1 (1): 1-14.
4. Raeisi A, Nikpoor F. The trend of Malaria in I.R.Iran from 2002 to 2007. Hakim Research Journal 2009; 12 (1): 35-41.
5. Coleman R, Sutlabongkot J, Promstaporm S, et al. comparison of PCR and microscopy for the detection of asymptomatic malaria a plasmodium falciparum/ vivax endemic area in Thailand. Malar J 2006 Dec 14;5:121.
6. Roshanravan B, Kari E, Gilman RH, et al. Endemic malaria in the Peruvian Amazon region of iquitas. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2003 Jul; 69(1): 45-52.
7. Vinetz JM, Gilman RH. Asymptomatic Plasmodium parasitemia and the ecology of malaria transmission. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2002 Jun; 66(6): 639-40.
8. Rubio JM, Post RJ, van Leeuwen WM, et al. Alternative polymerase chain reaction method to identify Plasmodium species in human blood samples: the semi-nested multiplex malaria PCR (SnM-PCR). Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 2002 Apr;96 Suppl 1:S199-204.
9. Zaman S, Tan L, Chan HH, et al. The detection of Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax in DNA-extracted blood samples using polymerase chain reaction.Trans R Soc Trop Med Hy 2001 Jul-Aug;95(4):391-7.
10. Aslan G, Seyrek A, Kocagoz T, et al. The diagnosis of malaria and identification of plasmodium species by polymerase chain reaction in Turkey. Parasitol Int 2007 Sep;56(3):217-20. Epub 2007 Mar 12.
11. Kain KC, Brown AE, Mirabelli L, et al. Detection of plasmodium vivax by polymerase chain reaction in a field study. J Infect Dis 1993 Nov;168(5):1323-6.
12. Snounou G, Viriyakosol S, Jarra W, et al. Identification of the four human malaria parasite species in field samples by the polymerase chain reaction and detection of a high prevalence of mixed infections. Mol Biochem Parasitol 1993 Apr;58(2):283-92.
13. Ali MS, Yousif AG, Mustafa MS, et al. Evaluation of malaria parasite screening procedures among Sudanese blood donors. Clin Lab Sci 2005 Spring;18(2):69-73.
14. Stauffer WM, Newberry AM, Cartwright CP, et al. Evaluation of malaria screening in newly arrived refugees to the United States by microscopy and rapid antigen capture enzyme assay. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2006 Oct;25(10):948-50.
15. Harris I, Sharrock WW, Bain LM, et al. A large proportion of asymptomatic Plasmodium infections with low and sub-microscopic parasite densities in the low transmission setting of Temotu Province, Solomon Islands: challenges for malaria diagnostics in an elimination setting. Malar J 2010 Sep 7;9:254. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-9-254.
16. Safeukui I, Millet P, Boucher S, et al. Evaluation of FRET real-time PCR assay for rapid detection and differentiation of Plasmodium species in returning travelers and migrants. Malar J 2008 Apr 28;7:70. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-7-70.