Plasmodium vivax molecular diagnostics in community surveys: pitfalls and solutions

Plasmodium vivax molecular diagnostics in community surveys: pitfalls and solutions

Abstract A distinctive feature of Plasmodium vivax infections is the overall low parasite density in peripheral blood. Thus, identifying asymptomatic infected individuals in endemic communities requires diagnostic tests with high sensitivity. The detection limits of molecular diagnostic tests are pr...

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Main Authors: Maria Gruenberg, Clara Antunes Moniz, Natalie Ellen Hofmann, Rahel Wampfler, Cristian Koepfli, Ivo Mueller, Wuelton Marcelo Monteiro, Marcus Lacerda, Gisely Cardoso de Melo, Andrea Kuehn, Andre M. Siqueira, Ingrid Felger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-01-01
Series:Malaria Journal
Subjects:
Plasmodium vivax
Surveillance
Molecular diagnostics
Mitochondrial DNA
18S rRNA transcripts
LAMP
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12936-018-2201-0

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