Comparison of real-time PCR and microscopy for malaria parasite detection in Malawian pregnant women

BACKGROUND: New diagnostic tools for malaria are required owing to the changing epidemiology of malaria, particularly among pregnant women in sub-Saharan Africa. Real-time PCR assays targeting Plasmodium falciparum lactate dehydrogenase (pfldh) gene may facilitate the identification of a high propor...

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Autores principales: Rantala, Anne-Maria, Taylor, Steve M, Trottman, Paul A, Luntamo, Mari, Mbewe, Bernard, Maleta, Kenneth, Kulmala, Teija, Ashorn, Per, Meshnick, Steven R
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2984567/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20925928
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-9-269

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2984567/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20925928
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-9-269

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