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Use of malaria rapid diagnostic test to identify Plasmodium knowlesi infection.
- Source :
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Emerging infectious diseases [Emerg Infect Dis] 2008 Nov; Vol. 14 (11), pp. 1750-2. - Publication Year :
- 2008
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Abstract
- Reports of human infection with Plasmodium knowlesi, a monkey malaria, suggest that it and other nonhuman malaria species may be an emerging health problem. We report the use of a rapid test to supplement microscopic analysis in distinguishing the 5 malaria species that infect humans.
- Subjects :
- Amino Acid Sequence
Animals
Antibodies, Monoclonal immunology
Antibodies, Protozoan immunology
Antibody Specificity
Antigens, Protozoan chemistry
Antigens, Protozoan genetics
Antigens, Protozoan immunology
Diagnosis, Differential
Epitopes analysis
Epitopes chemistry
Epitopes genetics
Epitopes immunology
Humans
L-Lactate Dehydrogenase chemistry
L-Lactate Dehydrogenase genetics
L-Lactate Dehydrogenase immunology
Malaria diagnosis
Malaria transmission
Models, Molecular
Molecular Sequence Data
Plasmodium knowlesi enzymology
Plasmodium knowlesi immunology
Antigens, Protozoan analysis
Immunoassay
L-Lactate Dehydrogenase analysis
Malaria veterinary
Monkey Diseases diagnosis
Plasmodium knowlesi isolation & purification
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1080-6059
- Volume :
- 14
- Issue :
- 11
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Emerging infectious diseases
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 18976561
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1411.080480