Molecular typing reveals substantial Plasmodium vivax infection in asymptomatic adults in a rural area of Cameroon

Malaria Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Fru Cho, Jerome ^a,c   Bumah, Violet V ^b   Safeukui, Innocent ^c   Nkuo Akenji, Theresa ^a   Titanji, Vincent P K ^a   Haldar, Kasturi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BUEA   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti MSP CSP antibody; Asymptomatic malaria; Bolifamba; Cameroon; Duffy; Genotyping; PCR; Plasmodium vivax

Indexed keywords

DNA; PARASITE ANTIBODY; BLOOD GROUP DUFFY SYSTEM; PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; BLOOD GROUP DUFFY SYSTEM; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD SMEAR; CAMEROON; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA PURIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC SIMILARITY; GIEMSA STAIN; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALARIA RAPID TEST; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE INFECTION; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; ADOLESCENT; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; BLOOD; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; IMMUNOASSAY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; RURAL POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; CAMEROON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DUFFY BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; PLASMODIUM; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901642911     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-13-170     Document Type: Article

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