Comparison of three methods for detection of gametocytes in Melanesian children treated for uncomplicated malaria

Malaria Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Karl, Stephan ^a,b,c,d   Laman, Moses ^a,e   Koleala, Tamarah ^e   Ibam, Clemencia ^e   Kasian, Bernadine ^e   N'Drewei, Nola ^e   Rosanas Urgell, Anna ^e,g   Moore, Brioni R ^a,e   Waltmann, Andreea ^c,d   Koepfli, Cristian ^c,d   Siba, Peter M ^e   Betuela, Inoni ^e   Woodward, Robert C ^b   St Pierre, Timothy G ^b   Mueller, Ivo ^c,d,f   Davis, Timothy M E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e PAPUA NEW GUINEA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Papua New Guinea)

^f CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^g INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Gametocyte detection; Light microscopy Plasmodium falciparum; Magnetic fractionation; Malaria; Papua New Guinea; Plasmodium vivax; Reverse transcriptase PCR

Indexed keywords

ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; ARTEMISININ; ARTEMISININ PLUS NAPHTHOQUINE; NAPHTHOQUINONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMISININ DERIVATIVE; ARTEMISININ-NAPHTHOQUINE COMBINATION; DRUG COMBINATION; ETHANOLAMINE DERIVATIVE; FLUORENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; FRACTIONATION; GAMETOCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAGNETIC FRACTIONATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MELANESIAN; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DRUG COMBINATION; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOMAGNETIC SEPARATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; DRUG COMBINATIONS; ETHANOLAMINES; FEMALE; FLUORENES; HUMANS; IMMUNOMAGNETIC SEPARATION; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NAPHTHOQUINONES; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84908334841     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-13-319     Document Type: Article

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