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Major Threat to Malaria Control Programs by Plasmodium falciparum Lacking Histidine-Rich Protein 2, Eritrea
False-negative results for Plasmodium falciparum histidine-rich protein (HRP) 2–based rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) are increasing in Eritrea. We investigated HRP gene 2/3 (pfhrp2/pfhrp3) status in 50 infected patients at 2 hospitals. We showed that 80.8% (21/26) of patients at Ghindae Hospital and...
Autores principales: | Berhane, Araia, Anderson, Karen, Mihreteab, Selam, Gresty, Karryn, Rogier, Eric, Mohamed, Salih, Hagos, Filmon, Embaye, Ghirmay, Chinorumba, Anderson, Zehaie, Assefash, Dowd, Simone, Waters, Norman C., Gatton, Michelle L., Udhayakumar, Venkatachalam, Cheng, Qin, Cunningham, Jane |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5823352/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29460730 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2403.171723 |
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