Detection of a substantial number of sub-microscopic Plasmodium falciparum infections by polymerase chain reaction: A potential threat to malaria control and diagnosis in Ethiopia

Malaria Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Golassa, Lemu ^a,b   Enweji, Nizar ^c   Erko, Berhanu ^a   Aseffa, Abraham ^b   Swedberg, Göte ^c  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b ARMAUER HANSEN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic malaria; Ethiopia; Microscopy; PCR; RDT; Sub microscopic carriage

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA CONTROL; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PARASITE PREVALENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RAPID DIAGNOSTIC TEST; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884857921     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-12-352     Document Type: Article

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