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dc.contributor.authorOster, N
dc.contributor.authorAbdel-Aziz, IZ
dc.contributor.authorStich, A
dc.contributor.authorCoulibaly, B
dc.contributor.authorKouyate, B
dc.contributor.authorAndrews, K
dc.contributor.authorMcLean, JE
dc.contributor.authorLanzer, M
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T16:57:41Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T16:57:41Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.date.modified2009-12-21T03:16:57Z
dc.identifier.issn0932-0113
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s00436-005-1479-3
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/27837
dc.description.abstractAn assessment of differing PCR protocols for the diagnosis of Plasmodium falciparum infection was performed on samples from an area of holoendemic malaria transmission in western Burkina Faso. The PCR protocols had generally high sensitivities (>92%) and specificities (>69%), but the negative predictive values (NPV) were moderate and differed widely among the PCR protocols tested. These PCR protocols that amplified either the P. falciparum pfcrt gene or the small subunit ribosomal DNA were the most reliable diagnostic tools. However, the moderate NPV imply that more than one PCR protocol should be used for diagnosis in holoendemic areas.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSpringer-Verlag
dc.publisher.placeGermany
dc.publisher.urihttp://www.springer.com/biomed/medical+microbiology/journal/436
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom424
dc.relation.ispartofpageto428
dc.relation.ispartofissue5
dc.relation.ispartofjournalParasitology Research
dc.relation.ispartofvolume97
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchMicrobiology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchVeterinary sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchMedical microbiology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3107
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3009
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3207
dc.titleComparison of different PCR protocols for the detection and diagnosis of Plasmodium falciparum
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.date.issued2005
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorAndrews, Katherine T.


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