Detection of mixed-species infections of Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax by Nested PCR and rapid diagnostic tests in Southeastern Iran

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 181-185

  Ehtesham, Reyhaneh ^a,c   Fazaeli, Asghar ^a,c   Raeisi, Ahmad ^b,c   Keshavarz, Hossein ^b,c   Heidari, Aliehsan ^a,c  

^a ZANJAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c ALBORZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIMALARIAL DRUG RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; KAPPA STATISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALARIA RAPID TEST; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; COINFECTION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; YOUNG ADULT;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COINFECTION; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84936999034     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.14-0650     Document Type: Article

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