Improved detection of malaria cases in island settings of Vanuatu and Kenya by PCR that targets the Plasmodium mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase III (cox3) gene

Parasitology International

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 304-308

  Isozumi, Rie ^a   Fukui, Mayumi ^a   Kaneko, Akira ^a,b   Chan, Chim W ^b   Kawamoto, Fumihiko ^c   Kimura, Masatsugu ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cox3; Human malaria; Malaria diagnosis; Mitochondrial DNA; Nested PCR; Plasmodium

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE 3; DNA 18S; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PRIMER DNA; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; HUMAN; KENYA; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI; PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI MALARIA; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE INFECTION; PLASMODIUM OVALE; PLASMODIUM OVALE MALARIA; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VANUATU; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM; PROCEDURES;

DNA PRIMERS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; GENES, MITOCHONDRIAL; HUMANS; KENYA; MALARIA; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VANUATU;

EID: 84925463504     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: 18730329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2014.09.006     Document Type: Article

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