Detection of a substantial number of sub-microscopic Plasmodium falciparum infections by polymerase chain reaction: a potential threat to malaria control and diagnosis in Ethiopia

BACKGROUND: Prompt and effective malaria diagnosis not only alleviates individual suffering, but also decreases malaria transmission at the community level. The commonly used diagnostic methods, microscopy and rapid diagnostic tests, are usually insensitive at very low-density parasitaemia. Molecula...

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Autores principales: Golassa, Lemu, Enweji, Nizar, Erko, Berhanu, Aseffa, Abraham, Swedberg, Göte
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3850638/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24090230
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-12-352

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3850638/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24090230
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-12-352

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