Comparison of detection methods to estimate asexual Plasmodium falciparum parasite prevalence and gametocyte carriage in a community survey in Tanzania

Malaria Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Mwingira, Felista ^a,b,c   Genton, Blaise ^a,b   Kabanywanyi, Abdu Noor M ^d   Felger, Ingrid ^a,b  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^d IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Gametocyte; Light microscopy; pfs25; Plasmodium falciparum; Prevalence; Quantitative PCR

Indexed keywords

18S RRNA GENE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; CHILD; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENSITY; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; GAMETOCYTE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MSP2 GENE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DETECTION; PFS25 GENE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAPID TEST; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TANZANIA; VERY ELDERLY; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PARASITOLOGY; PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 2, PLASMODIUM; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PFS25 PROTEIN, PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 18S;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84965187801     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-13-433     Document Type: Article

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