Pfhrp2 -Deleted Plasmodium falciparum Parasites in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: A National Cross-sectional Survey

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 216, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 36-44

  Parr, Jonathan B ^a   Verity, Robert ^b   Doctor, Stephanie M ^c   Janko, Mark ^d   Carey Ewend, Kelly ^c   Turman, Breanna J ^c   Keeler, Corinna ^d   Slater, Hannah C ^b   Whitesell, Amy N ^c   Mwandagalirwa, Kashamuka ^c,e   Ghani, Azra C ^b   Likwela, Joris L ^f   Tshefu, Antoinette K ^e   Emch, Michael ^c,d   Juliano, Jonathan J ^a,c   Meshnick, Steven R ^a,c  

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

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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

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

^e UNIVERSITY OF KINSHASA   (Congo)

^f Programme National de la Lutte Contre le Paludisme   (Congo)

Author keywords

deletion; diagnostic resistance; false negative; histidine rich protein 2; hrp2; hrp3; malaria.; pfhrp3; rapid diagnostic tests; RDT

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HRP2 GENE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MARKER GENE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPID TEST; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; WILD TYPE; BAYES THEOREM; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE;

HRP-2 ANTIGEN, PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; MICROSATELLITE DNA; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BAYES THEOREM; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS;

EID: 85024499320     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiw538     Document Type: Article

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