Prevalence of pfhrp2 and pfhrp3 gene deletions in Puerto Lempira, Honduras

BACKGROUND: Recent studies have demonstrated the deletion of the histidine-rich protein 2 (PfHRP2) gene (pfhrp2) in field isolates of Plasmodium falciparum, which could result in false negative test results when PfHRP2-based rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) are used for malaria diagnosis. Although prim...

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Autores principales: Abdallah, Joseph F, Okoth, Sheila Akinyi, Fontecha, Gustavo A, Torres, Rosa Elena Mejia, Banegas, Engels I, Matute, María Luisa, Bucheli, Sandra Tamara Mancero, Goldman, Ira F, de Oliveira, Alexandre Macedo, Barnwell, John W, Udhayakumar, Venkatachalam
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4308922/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25604310
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-014-0537-7

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4308922/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25604310
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-014-0537-7

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