Plasma concentration of parasite DNA as a measure of disease severity in falciparum malaria

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 211, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1128-1133

  Imwong, Mallika ^a   Woodrow, Charles J ^a,b   Hendriksen, Ilse C E ^a,b   Veenemans, Jacobien ^d,e   Verhoef, Hans ^c,d,f   Faiz, M Abul ^g   Mohanty, Sanjib ^h   Mishra, Saroj ^h   Mtove, George ⁱ   Gesase, Samwel ^j   Seni, Amir ^k   Chhaganlal, Kajal D ^k,l   Day, Nicholas P J ^a,b   Dondorp, Arjen M ^a,b   White, Nicholas J ^a,b  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e AMPHIA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^f MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^g Dev Care Foundation   (Bangladesh)

^h Ispat Hospital   (India)

ⁱ NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^j NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^k Hospital Central da Beira   (Mozambique)

^l Ilha de Moc mbique   (Mozambique)

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Author keywords

diagnostic accuracy; malaria; plasma DNA; Plasmodium falciparum; severe disease

Indexed keywords

DNA; PARASITE DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ADULT; AFRICAN; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ASIAN; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; ANIMAL; BANGLADESH; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GENETICS; INDIA; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MOZAMBIQUE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PARASITEMIA; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BANGLADESH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MOZAMBIQUE; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84927722444     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiu590     Document Type: Conference Paper

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