Re-evaluation of microscopy confirmed Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax malaria by nested PCR detection in southern Ethiopia

Malaria Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Mekonnen, Seleshi Kebede ^a,b,c   Aseffa, Abraham ^b   Medhin, Girmay ^a   Berhe, Nega ^a   Velavan, Thirumalaisamy P ^c  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b ARMAUER HANSEN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Malaria; Microscopy; Nested PCR; Plasmodium

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD SMEAR; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHIOPIA; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; GAMETOCYTE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; MIXED INFECTION; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION SYSTEM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; YOUNG ADULT; AGED; BLOOD; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROCEDURES; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899987950     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-13-48     Document Type: Article

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