High-resolution melting analysis reveals low Plasmodium parasitaemia infections among microscopically negative febrile patients in western Kenya

Malaria Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Kipanga, Purity N ^a,b   Omondi, David ^a,c   Mireji, Paul O ^d   Sawa, Patrick ^a   Masiga, Daniel K ^a   Villinger, Jandouwe ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^b EGERTON UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; RNA 18S; PROTOZOAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DNA EXTRACTION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FEVER; GENE SEQUENCE; HIGH RESOLUTION MELTING ANALYSIS; HUMAN; KENYA; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE EXAMINATION; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM OVALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; RAPID TEST; RURAL AREA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EVALUATION STUDY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KENYA; MALARIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84965191525     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-13-429     Document Type: Article

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