Estimation of plasmodium falciparum transmission intensity in Lilongwe, Malawi, by Microscopy, Rapid Diagnostic Testing, and Nucleic Acid Detection

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 373-377

  Parr, Jonathan B ^a   Belson, Connor ^a   Patel, Jaymin C ^b   Hoffman, Irving F ^a,c   Kamthunzi, Portia ^c   Martinson, Francis ^c   Tegha, Gerald ^c   Thengolose, Isaac ^c   Drakeley, Chris ^d   Meshnick, Steven R ^b   Escamillia, Veronica ^e   Emch, Michael ^f   Juliano, Jonathan J ^a,b,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA PROJECT   (Malawi)

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

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^f University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTIDINE RICH PROTEIN 2; PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALAWI; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RAPID DIAGNOSTIC TESTING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; GENETICS; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PARASITOLOGY; STANDARDS; TIME FACTOR; TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALAWI; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84982803308     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.16-0156     Document Type: Article

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