Comparison on simultaneous capillary and venous parasite density and genotyping results from children and adults with uncomplicated malaria: a prospective observational study in Uganda

Comparison on simultaneous capillary and venous parasite density and genotyping results from children and adults with uncomplicated malaria: a prospective observational study in Uganda

Abstract Background Blood smear microscopy remains the gold-standard method to diagnose and quantify malaria parasite density. In addition, parasite genotyping of select loci is the most utilized method for distinguishing recrudescent and new infections and to determine the number of strains per sam...

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Main Authors: Aine Lehane, Moses Were, Martina Wade, Musleehat Hamadu, Megan Cahill, Sylvia Kiconco, Richard Kajubi, Francesca Aweeka, Norah Mwebaza, Fangyong Li, Sunil Parikh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-06-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Malaria
Uganda
Capillary
Venous
Parasitemia
Genotyping
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-019-4174-1

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