Use of real-time multiplex PCR, malaria rapid diagnostic test and microscopy to investigate the prevalence of Plasmodium species among febrile hospital patients in Sierra Leone

BACKGROUND: Malaria continues to affect over 200 million individuals every year, especially children in Africa. Rapid and sensitive detection and identification of Plasmodium parasites is crucial for treating patients and monitoring of control efforts. Compared to traditional diagnostic methods such...

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Autores principales: Leski, Tomasz A., Taitt, Chris Rowe, Swaray, Abdulai G., Bangura, Umaru, Reynolds, Nathanael D., Holtz, Andrew, Yasuda, Chadwick, Lahai, Joseph, Lamin, Joseph M., Baio, Victoria, Jacobsen, Kathryn H., Ansumana, Rashid, Stenger, David A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7035765/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32085711
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-020-03163-2

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