Field deployment of loop-mediated isothermal amplification for centralized mass-screening of asymptomatic malaria in Zanzibar: A pre-elimination setting

Malaria Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Morris, Ulrika ^a   Khamis, Mwinyi ^b   Aydin Schmidt, Berit ^a   Abass, Ali K ^b   Msellem, Mwinyi I ^b   Nassor, Majda H ^b   González, Iveth J ^c   Mårtensson, Andreas ^a,d   Ali, Abdullah S ^b   Björkman, Anders ^a   Cook, Jackie ^a,e  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b and Children   (Tanzania)

^c FOUNDATION FOR INNOVATIVE NEW DIAGNOSTICS   (Switzerland)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic; DNA contamination; Loop mediated isothermal amplification; Low density; Malaria; Mass screening; Plasmodium

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; DNA CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; LOOP MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA RAPID TEST; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TANZANIA; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTIONS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREVALENCE; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930008786     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12936-015-0731-2     Document Type: Article

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